In Book Eight of The Odyssey, when Odysseus is at the royal court of the Phaeacians, he asks the bard Demodocus to sing a song about Troy. The bard does so, and Odysseus responds by “clutching his flaring sea-blue cape in both powerful hands, [drawing] it over his head and [burying] his handsome face...” It seems that Odysseus is overcome with grief, but he is the one who asked for the song in the first place. It seems like he is crying just so King Alcinous would ask him to tell his story to the assembled crowd. In contrast, in “An Ancient Gesture”, the author provides Penelope’s point of view, weary and plagued by grief. As Penelope unweaves the shroud each night, she “suddenly bursts into tears” because “there is simply nothing else to do”. Penelope has been weaving and unweaving night after night to avoid marrying one of her many suitors while Odysseus has been living with goddesses and enchantresses on his long journey home. The reader is left wondering if Odysseus’s tears in the Odyssey are authentic compared to Penelope’s tears.
In the Odyssey the reader gets to know about Odysseus journey, but not Penelope's experience. Millay supplements this absence, and let the reader know that everybody griefs and goes through pain and difficult times.
The answer is D..........................
To make the broadcast seem more like a real radio program and increase the suspense.
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To explain his unwillingness to postpone his efforts
Explanation:
According to the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail.", he states that he is yet to be involved in a campaign that was well timed to intervene in the cases of people who suffer from segregation.
Hence, his purpose fr putting that sentence is to show that he is not ready to postpone or be slow about his efforts to end segregation.
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C. Sleep is more critical for youth than adults.
Explanation:
Although a diversity of significant sleep disturbances may disturb the kind of sleep in minors, such as disturbing sleep apnea, trembling leg syndrome, and narcolepsy, this article will concentrate on general disorders that influence the amount of sleep, such as inadequate sleep health, circadian rhythm disorders, and sleeplessness.