OLAUDAH EQUIANO RECALLS THE MIDDLE PASSAGE 7. PART A: How is Equiano's emphasis on the smells
aboard the ship important to the development of his
central ideas?
A ) It suggests that sanitation on the ship was not as
much a priority for the Europeans as was profit.
B ) It implies that the slaves were kept dirty so as to
degrade their sense of self-worth and make
enslavement easier.
C ) It highlights how primitive hygienic standards were
in the 18th century.
D ) It emphasizes the inhumane conditions the slaves
were forced to endure at the hands of European
cruelty.

D ) It emphasizes the inhumane conditions the slaves

were forced to endure at the hands of European

cruelty.

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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.