Plain and simple, it means not having to die. The fear and the enigma of death is one of the most ancient and persisting human obsessions, that has been the subject of countless mythological stories and written pieces of literature.
In classic Greek and Roman literature, gods were immortal by definition. But there is also an interesting story about Cumaean Sybil, a priestess who was pursued by Apollo. When he promised to grant her one wish if she would yield to him, she asked to live eternally. But then she changed her mind and refused Apollo, who left her to decay alive, as she didn't ask for eternal youth.
In contemporary literature, there are numerous examples of fascination with the so-called "undead" - vampires, aliens, and other uncanny creatures.
The mood of the excerpt is C. Unsettled.
<h3>What is Mood?</h3>
This refers to the general atmosphere of a story that is created through the diction, tone of the author, etc.
Hence, we can see that from the given text, there is the narration of the constant talking by an aunt and how she was hurriedly shuffling papers to the narrator and the author uses a fast pace and this creates an unsettled mood.
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Throughout their first meeting, Romeo and Juliet compare themselves to pilgrims. They both are new to love. They both overdwell on love. Thats why when one of them died the other killed themselves because they couldn't live.
A- Personification, because the sentence is giving human characteristics to a nonhuman object. The beach cannot literally call one's name.
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I think it was Antinous.
He was the most arrogant of Penelope’s suitors. He lead the campaign to have Telemachus killed. He is never showed sympathy, and he is the first to die when Odysseus returns.
