Read the excerpt from part 1 of the odyssey.

and this new grief we bore with us to sea:
our precious lives we had, but not our friends.
no ship made sail next day until some shipmate
had raised a cry, three times, for each poor ghost
unfleshed by the cicones on that field.

what theme is best revealed by this conflict?

a. sadness can destroy people.
b. one must mourn before moving on.
c. many lives are lost too soon in battle.
d. people are haunted by lost souls.

B). One must mourn before moving on.

Explanation:

The theme is described as the central idea or claim of the author presented in a literary text. The development of conflict functions to reveal the theme of the story. It is the theme that brings the action to the narrative which leads to conflicts that serves to creating tension and interest among the readers.

As per the question, the theme in the given excerpt is best revealed by the conflict displayed through option B as it proposes the internal struggle faced after losing the 'precious lives we had' and dilemma to mourn or 'move on'. This conflict reveals the central idea of the narrative to depict the clash experienced(grief and sorrow after 'being unfleshed on field') and express nostalgia. Thus, option B is the correct answer.

learning how to embrace the effects of colonialism is one of the central ideas of the play.