C. <span>a recurring concept, idea, or object in a story
</span><span>Motifs are used to establish a theme in literary workings. They definitely have a symbolic meaning because of the their reoccurrence in certain areas.</span>
I cannot see the full excerpt, but from the entire work here is what I see.
...But thought I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed,
though I have seen my head brought in upon a platter,
I am no prophet...
This refers to John the Baptist when he gets his head put on a platter. John was a prophet. (Matthew 14 and Mark 6)
..."I am Lazarus, come from the dead..."
Jesus raised a man named Lazarus from the dead as recorded in the Bible. (John 11)
Answer:
An example of Kenning from Beowulf is 'whale-roadd' used to define the sea.
Explanation:
Kenning is a figurative language usually found in Old English and Old Norse poetry. This figurative language is used by combining two words to describe an object. This figurative language has been used extensively in Beowulf, the oldest surviving text.
<u>One of the example from the text Beowulf is 'whale-road.' The phrase 'whale-road' is combined with two nouns 'whale' and 'road' to describe metamorphically 'the sea.' Addressing the sea to be a road for the whale.</u>
<u>A kenning is combined with two words, that is, a base noun and a determinant.</u>
The passage is not given so I cannot exactly tell but judging on the choices my best guess is C. It shows the Young’s are poor because things like the letter-box and doorbell are rundown, broken.
