Read the following passage and answer the question.

“athena said, ‘it’s wrong, telemachus, wrong to rove so far, so long from home, leaving your own holdings ’”

this is an example of which epic convention?

lengthy speech

digression

epic simile

divine intervention

D) Divine Intervention.

Explanation:  An epic is a long narrative poem, about a serious topic, and that develops around a heroic or almost divine character. The epic conventions are characteristics that epic poems usually have in common. In the given passage from "The Odyssey" we can see an example of the epic convention of divine intervention. Divine intervention is simply the participation of gods in the life of mortals, in this case, Athena (a goddess) is giving advice to Telemachus (mortal, son of Odysseus).

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the correct answer is c: in the middle

"mirror" is a poem written by silvia plath in 1961, two years before she committed suicide, and it explores the life of a woman as an object reflected within it suggesting, therefore, a change in gender roles in america.

there has been fourth big waves regarding feminism and gender equality throughout the history of america. the first wave began in 1848 when the first women's rights convention was held at the wesleyan chapel in seneca falls, new york. the second wave began in the early 1960s when the poem "mirror" was written. in this second movement, feminists fought against sex discrimination and extended the rights of women. the third wave began during the early 1990s when feminists wanted to question, reclaim, and redefine the ideas, words, and media that have transmitted ideas about gender, gender roles, womanhood, and beauty, among other things. the fourth wave refers to a resurgence of interest in feminism that began around 2012 and it is associated with the use of social media. the focus of this fourth wave is to get justice for women and to express opposition to sexual harassment and violence against women.