<span>Icarus was warned not to fly too close to the sun, as the wings he made for himself were made of wax and feathers and they would melt.</span>
Answer:
Even so, the Church maintained its power and exercised enormous influence over people's daily lives from the king on his throne to the peasant in the field. The Church regulated and defined an individual's life, literally, from birth to death and was thought to continue its hold over the person's soul in the afterlife
Explanation:
The underlined word in the given sentence above is the word "ringing". This word is used as a participle. The correct answer would be option A. A participle is a word that takes the form of the verb, but is used either as an adjective or a noun. In this case, it is used as an adjective, describing the noun "clock".
