Answer:
Daughter is the correct answer.
It is apparently D, because at this point travelling years on the ocean hasn't made Odysseus hasty enough to want to return to his wife and child, and so he is now risking the lives of him and his crew for no reason other than the high of a con. Odysseus is kind of a dork, not gonna lie. His wife has to put up with a ton of manipulative people people vying for her hand in marriage and trying to kill her son, and he takes a leisurely route across the ocean meeting beautiful women and fighting gods.
Answer:
This could mean/refer to as to if they don't get in trouble.
Explanation:
As they are on a boat, the captain is "soothing his children" they will "get ashore..." with a tone of little hope as suggested in the second stanza perceived as by someone else such as "the oiler" and "the cook".
I have formed a brief explanation of what your answer should consist of.
Answer: The casket might remind us of the 'three chests of gold, silver, and lead' in The Merchant of Venice, which form part of the 'lott'ry' devised by Portia's father before his death, to dictate whom she should marry
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