Read the lines from john bunyan's pilgrim's progress. pliable. well, neighbour obstinate, said pliable, i begin to come to a point; i intend to go along with this good man, and to cast in my lot with him: but, my good companion, do you know the way to this desired place? {24} christian. i am directed by a man, whose name is evangelist, to speed me to a little gate that is before us, where we shall receive instructions about the way. which would best describe the characters in this excerpt?

Pliable is devoted to his new cause, but is uncertain of the way; he is proud of the decision to take this new journey but has to depend on his new companion to get there.
Christian is in charge, but also is being led by another person who will tell him the directions once they reach their first destination.
This shows that both men are followers, relying on someone else to tell them where to go. 

question:

#1: what is the simile that occurs in lines 43-47 (below)? give exact words for just the simile. #2: explain what frost means by this comparison.

it's when i'm weary of considerations, and life is too much like a pathless wood where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs broken across it, and one eye is weeping from a twig's having lashed across it open

answer to question #1: the simile that occurs in the text given (lines 43-47) is: ''life is too much like a pathless ''

explanation: a simile is a comparison of one thing with another thing and it is used to make a vivid description. it uses like or as. in the text, we can understand that the person is feeling weary of considerations and because of this, the person compares ''life'' to ''a pathless wood''.

answer to question #2: in this text we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations and compares life to a pathless wood.

explanation: the word frost means coldness and something covered by ice crystals but looking at the comparison made in this text, we can understand that the word frost could mean anger, annoyance and bitterness, due to the fact that the person is stating that he/she is feeling weary of considerations therefore he/she compares life to a pathless wood.

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