The fact that his men killed Helios'kine was first reported by Lampetie to Helios, Who convinced Zeus to punish them. Odysseus says that he learned all this from Calypso who claims to have recieved her information from Hermes.
Metaphors are important because they help make indirect comparisons between two people or things - and doesn’t use “like” or “as”.
Since there are no options given, I would sat that the answer which is not a characteristic of a weak economy is a low unemployment rate.
Since it is a weak economy, high unemployment rate is more plausible than the low one.
Banquo laughs at the prophecies but Macbeth is excited, especially as soon after their meeting with the witches Macbeth is made Thane of Cawdor by King Duncan, in return for his bravery in the battle. Macbeth then thinks he is going mad because he sees Banquo's ghost and receives more predictions from the witches.