Read the passage from "gumption." "there goes oyster and that boy of his," i said, "ragged ad a jay-bird, both of 'em." which best identifies the use of figurative language in this passage? a. it is a metaphor; it allows the reader to see the story from the narrators point of view. b. it is a simile; it creates an image of the two men as battered and downcast. c. it is a metaphor; it illustrates the theme of standing up to injustice. d. it is a simile; it shows that the men are eager workers.

C. Metaphor; it illustrates the theme of standing up to inustice

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.