In the final speech of the play, the chorus says, “now what a surging tide of terrible disaster sweeps around him.” why does the author use the word surging?

it conveys a sense of gentleness and calm.

it conveys a sense of control and confinement.

it conveys a sense of power and uncontrollability.

it conveys a sense of stillness.

The correct answer is "It conveys a sense of power and uncontrollability".

Explanation:

The play "Oedipus Rex" is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles at which the protagonist and his family have a tragic ending as they are exiled from everything they had. In the quote herein shown the word "surging" is used to describe a "tide of terrible disaster". The author uses the word "surging" to describe the tide as something powerful and uncontrollable. This is a metaphor to Oedipus tragedy, which he believed was his destiny to suffer.

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odysseus shows many acts of bravery in homer's epic poem the odyssey. first, he shows bravery when he tricks polyphemus, the cyclops, and gouges out his eye. this is an act of bravery. it will also cost him because polyphemus was the son of poseidon, the god of the sea.

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