Those who live without tasting evil have happy lives—for when the gods shake a house to its foundations, then inevitable disasters strike, falling upon whole families, just as a surging ocean swell running before cruel Thracian winds across the dark trench of the sea churns up the deep black sand and crashes headlong on the cliffs, which scream in pain against the wind. How is the figurative language intended to affect the audience? to create confusion to provide relief to incite anger to create fear