Answer:B:encourage Benny to express his thoughts
Explanation:
Oedipus Rex is full of striking and poignant imagery. Perhaps the most noteworthy example of imagery is presented to the reader towards the end of the play. Oedipus finds his mother and wife, Jocasta, dead as a result of hanging herself. In a fit of extreme anguish, Oedipus does the following:
He snatched the golden brooches from the Queen,With which her robe was fastened, lifted them,And struck. Deep to the very founts of...
Answer: To warn you.
In this excerpt, it is clear that King Arthur knows that Queen Guinevere has been unfaithful to him. He makes this clear when he states <em>"I send you three grey cats with gifts, Queen Guinevere, To warn you, sleekly, silently."</em> This sentence indicates that the present has been sent not as a kindness, but as a warning. These lines change the tone of the poem to one that is threatening.
