Question

If you've read "Orpheus and Eurydice", help please:

"Rivers stopped flowing along the banks so that they could hear Orpheus, whose music was more harmonious than theirs".

What is the most likely reason that the author included this hyperbole?

a. to emphasize the power of Orpheus music
b. to compare Orpheus music to music found in nature
c. to explain that Orpheus music can literally stop rivers from flowing
d. to foreshadow future plot events so that readers can make prodictions

Answer 1

Answer: a. to emphasize the power of Orpheus music.

In this excerpt, the author uses hyperbole. Hyperbole is a rhetorical device that consists of a gross exaggeration. The author of this text uses this hyperbole when he says that the music Orpheus played was so harmonious it would make the rivers stop in order to listen to it. The most likely reason why the author exaggerates in this way is in order to show how powerful and beautiful Orpheus music was.

Answer 2

the reason that the author included the hyperbole is : A. to emphasize the power of Orpheus Music
He wanted to make the readers aware that Orpheus music is so powerful, that people that are located in far distance could hear it

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