Answer: the answer is d) sad.
Explanation: it is a feeling on pensive sadness.
Usually repetition is used in oral cases to make emphasis in what the speaker is willing to communicate in his speech and also to make the oral speech more enjoyable with rhythm caused in words.
It refers to saying something twice but in different context.
<em>Example:</em>
<em>"My conscience hath a thousand several </em><em>tongues,</em>
<em>And every </em><em>tongue</em><em> brings in a several </em><em>tale,</em>
<em>And every </em><em>tale</em><em> condemns me for a villain."</em>
<em>--Shakespeare, Richard III</em>
The obstacles that Odysseus has faced so far on his road of trials are:
Lord Helios, the sum god, has killed Odysseus´men for eating his cattle.
The crew has been attacked by an army in Cicones
Zeus has sent a huge sea storm.
Some of the men have eaten the lotus flower and had to be rescued.
Odysseus is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. He was son of Laertes and Anticleia.
Odysseus faces a number of challenges on his way home, including:
- sailors captivated by the lotus-eaters
- a battle with Polyphemus, a cyclops
- a storm sent by Poseidon
- an encounter with a witch
- being captivated by the Sirens
- encounters with the monsters Scylla and Charybdis
- punishment by Zeus
His entire journey home is ridden with challenges.