Which theme is reflected in the passage?
but anguish lies ahead;
the god who thunders on the land prepares it,
not to be shaken from your track, implacable,
in rancor for the son whose eye you blinded.
one narrow strait may take you through his blows:
denial of yourself, restraint of shipmates.
when you make landfall on thrinakia first
and quit the violet sea, dark on the land
you'll find the grazing herds of helios
by whom all things are seen, all speech is known.
avoid those kine, hold fast to your intent,
and hard seafaring brings you all to ithaka.
but if you raid the beeves, i see destruction
for ship and crew.

it is important to take responsibility for your actions.
long-term goals are more important than short-term gains.
the true measure of wisdom is overcoming your pride.
the advantage of travel is that it teaches you to value home.

Hi there!

The theme that is reflected in this passage from The Odyssey is that it is  important to take responsibility for your actions.

Homer's Odyssey is about cunning, a difference that becomes apparent in the very first lines of the epics. In addition, the Odyssey focuses on a “man of twists and turns”. Odysseus have extraordinary strength, as he demonstrates during the poem by being the only man who can string the bow.

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The correct answer is A. It is important to take responsibility for your actions

Explanation:

A theme is a fundamental message or idea the author or narrator wants to convey to the audience based on a critical belief about some aspect of life. Most themes are not states explicitly in literary works but reflected through the actions and values of characters. In the passage presented, which belongs to the Odyssey, the narrator suggests a god will punish the men as a response to the attack of his son "in rancor for the son whose eye you blinded" and this god intends to destroy the ship and the men in it "ship and crew". This means one of the characters had blind the son (a cyclops) of one of the gods and because of this, he will be punished by the god itself as the actions of the man had negative consequences he needs to assume. Thus, the theme or fundamental idea the passage is trying to convey to the reader is that it is important to take responsibility for your actions in the same way the character of the story had to face negative consequences as a result of his negative actions.

1. alliteration

2. wistful

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