Question

Click to read "The Story of Icarus and Daedalus" by Ovid and "Musée des

Beaux Arts," by W. H. Auden. Then answer the question.

What detail does Auden include in his poem that is not part of Ovid's story of

Icarus and Daedalus?

A. Icarus struggles to stay alive when he crashes into the sea.

B. The people on the shore ignore Icarus falling into the water.

C. Icarus falls into the water.

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D. Icarus's wings melt because of the sun's heat.

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Answer 1

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The answer to this question is B. The people on the shore ignore Icarus falling into the water.

Answer 2

B. The people on the shore ignore Icarus falling into the water.

Step-by-step explanation:

The myth of "Icarus and Daedalus" by Ovid tells the story of a captive father Daedalus, an inventor inventing ways for him and his son Icarus to escape from their captivity on an island. But in the heat of the moment, the young son went too near to the sun which melted the wax in his wings and eventually led him to drown in the sea below.

W. H. Auden's poem "Musée des Beaux Arts" also recounts the moment Icarus drowned. But what the short poem details is somewhat a bit different from the mythical story in that Auden describes the people nearby the sea, completely ignorant or indifferent to the drowning boy's plight.

Thus, the correct answer is option B.