Read the selection below and answer the question. An Open Boat by Alfred Noyes O, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 'Let him lie in my arms. He is breathing, I know. Look. I'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – The sea's rising, The boat must be lightened. He's dead. He must go.' See - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, The cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, And the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover And wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat. 'Come, lady, he's dead.' - 'No, I feel his heart beating, He's living, I know. But he's numbed with the cold. See, I'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' - - 'No. We can't keep the dead, dear. Come, loosen your hold. 'Come. Loosen your fingers.' - 'O God, let me keep him!' - O, hide it, black night! Let the winds have their way! And there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, To fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. The imagery and word choice in the second stanza creates a tone of . liveliness and joy
danger and gloom
silence and peace
anger and hostility
THE ANSWER IS NOT LIVELINESS AND JOY

c. is the answer to your question.

explanation:

i'm pretty sure i had this question the other day and b was the right answer.

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.

gilgamesh is a hero by birth as the epic explains it. in the epic the birth is explained in the way which tells us that gilgamesh’s creation was made perfect by the contribution of various god and that signifies the goal in his life, which was to become a hero and save mankind. an example from the text says. "the glorious sun shamash bestowed upon him glory; adad the terrible god of storms bestowed upon him courage. the great gods perfected his magnificence beyond all others, terrible like the great wild bull. two thirds god they made him; one third man they made him." a man born with superhuman qualities and partly god is destined to be a hero.

the heroic deeds carried by him later in his life also prove the heroic character of gilgamesh. for example hi battle with the ultimate beast humbaba is a proof of his bravery and characteristic heroism. gilgamesh was warned about the beast as the text says about humbaba “whose roar is a flood, whose mouth is fire, whose breath is death". but with the superhuman strength gilgamesh did the job