Answer: How does he overcome the obstacle? His sword is useless against the monster. First, he fights with his bare hands and his mail shirt keeps her from piercing his skin. Then, he found the ancient sword with magic of its own mounted on the wall of the monster's lair.
<span>D It is a moment of realization.
An epiphany is a moment when someone realizes something in an instant. In the passage it says that "Feld had a sudden insight." The sudden insight is his moment of realization that Sobel had made it clear to Miriam that he loves her.</span>
The answer is:
B. The conflict has been resolved and order restored — at the expense of the Pequod, its crew, and its captain.
In literature, the falling action comes after the climax, when the main conflict has been reached and finds a resolution. In "Moby D*ck," by Herman Melville, the falling action occurs after Captain Ahab and his crew are killed by the whale.
