"[A]re you a goddess or a mortal? If one of the gods who rule the skies up there, you're Artemis to the life,
the daughter of mighty Zeus – I see her now – just look
at your build, your bearing, your lithe flowing grace…”

What is the purpose of this passage?

Eurycleia is trying to boost Penelope's confidence.
Odysseus is flattering Nausicaa to gain her assistance.
Telemachus is complimenting Helen on her beauty.
Laertes is thanking Penelope for making him a shroud.

The answer is B

Explanation:

When you read the passage, you see everything is uplifting. Everything they are saying is nice. Looking at your answer choices you can see that when anyone encourages anyone/anything they use nice words and things like that. Therefore your answer is B

explanation:

you only need simple sentences to answer this. just answer these questions.

what do you think annie thinks of the mother? do you think annie believes the mother is a fit mother for helen.

what about the father? what would annie think of him? she might not like him, but does she respect him.

how about the son? would annie think he is the only voice of sanity in an insane place?

what about helen herself? this is the key question. how does she see helen? what do you suppose she thought her first job was going to be.

these aren't hard questions. just state the obvious. annie is not that well educated: she just knows what she has to do. write it that way.

you can do it if you've read the book or seen the play or movie.