Question

In the myth of Sisyphus, the gods punish a deceitfur king by making

him roll an enormous boulder up a hill only for it to roll back down
again once he's finished.
In Ernest Hemingway's novel The Old Man and the Sea, a fisherman
struggles for several days to reel in an enormous fish. When he finally
succeeds, sharks eat the fish before the fisherman is able to get it
back to shore.
What motif is present in both the myth and the modern story?
A. Physical transformations
B. Unchecked arrogance
C. Useless toil
D. Good and evil

Answer 1

Apex approved answer "C" -useless toil

Step-by-step explanation:

It could not be "good and evil" because the second story has no evil part, and arrogance means having too much pride or you're too full of yourself and the second story doesn't have that either... It's useless toil because "toil" means to work hard and you put useless infront and It makes it not necessary which both these stories have, I hope this helps :]