Separate the elements that could belong in a mythical story from those that could appear in any story

Does anyone know the answers to these two? i don’t want to have to guess, you!

"as one of our outstanding historical figures once said, ‘when a great democracy is destroyed, it will not be because of enemies from without but rather because of enemies from within.’" (paragraph 7) how does this quote reveal mccarthy’s point of view and advance the purpose of his speech?

What is the metaphor used for captain beatty? what is he being compared to?