Question

Read the excerpt of The Odyssey. We would entreat you, great Sir, have a care for the gods' courtesy; Zeus will avenge the unoffending guest.' He answered this from his brute chest, unmoved: 'You are a ninny, or else you come from the other end of nowhere, telling me, mind the gods! We Cyclopes care not a whistle for your thundering Zeus. What theme is best revealed by this conflict?a. by explaining his haphazard travels b. by describing his loyalty to Zeus c. by showing his physical weakness d. by revealing his ignorant assumptions

Answer 1

its d

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Answer 2

d. By revealing his ignorant assumptions.

Step-by-step explanation:

"The Odyssey" by Homer is one of the greatest of epics ever written in history. It tells the journey of the protagonist Odysseus and his numerous encounters, be it god or man.

The given excerpt from Part 2 of the epic shows Odysseus' ignorance in the belief that even the cyclops will fear or revere the same gods that he, and humans, do fear. But contrary to that belief, the Cyclops have no such fear for the gods. This conflict between the belief that by threatening the cyclops with the name of the divine gods, they will be able to beat them is a sure sign of Odysseus' ignorance.This conflict reveals the theme that his assumptions about the Cyclops is ignorant.