How does this quote reinforce the author's purpose in the book?

it stresses the need for each citizen to take responsibility for his or her own well-being.
it introduces the idea of citizens giving back more to the community than they take.
it frame the idea that citizenship requires being actively involved in civic life.
it states the theme that citizens and great leaders need to work together.

Is the following statement true or false? the topic sentence of a paragraph should indicate what the paragraph is going to be about. false true

How does shakespeare transform the myth of phoebus and daphne to dramatize this theme?

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.