Okay, I have a slight hunch about what story this is (To Build a Fire by Jack London?) and if so, then D
Answer:
Barbara Hurd uses figurative language in many ways to promote the central idea that sea stars and some other animals have capabilities that are greater than men .
Mr.Scrooge was extremely Parsimony, hoarding as much money as he can & spending as little as possible
IF you meant Mendicancy...
Tom was so poor, he was titled "mendicancy", by many of the people living in the area
The people that ran the show were very meretricious, pretending that they were who they were acting
hope this helps
According to google "Antinous is the first of the suitors to be killed. Drinking in the Great Hall, he is slain by an arrow to the throat shot by Odysseus. Eurymachus then tries to blame Antinous for the suitors' wrongs." I hoped this helped
