Which statement best describes the conflict between Perseus and the king in "Perseus and the Quest for Medusa's Head"? Perseus wants to kill the king. The king needs to prove he is superior to Perseus. The king does not believe that Perseus is brave. Perseus is determined to prove himself to the king.

Read the passage. and thus they fought all the long day, and never stinted till the noble knights were laid to the cold earth. and ever they fought still till it was near night, and by then was there a hundred thousand laid dead upon the down. in the passage from morte d’arthur by sir thomas malory, what are the bolded words an example of?