In "where have you gone, charming billy? " which of the following is not an example of irony?

a. billy is so afraid of dying that he has a heart attack.
b. paul is afraid of being afraid.
c. paul is so horrified by billy's death that he cannot quit giggling.
d. toby almost smothers paul to keep him from laughing.

in "where have you gone, charming billy," what did the sea symbolize for paul?

a. adventure
b. danger
c. home
d. safety

But this, but you – small, pitiful and twiggy – you put me down with wine, you blinded me. come back, odysseus, and i'll treat you well, praying the god of earthquake to befriend you – his son i am, for he by his avowal fathered me, and, if he will, he may heal me of this black wound – he and no other of all the happy gods or mortal men.' few words i shouted in reply to him: 'if i could take your life i would and take your time away, and hurl you down to hell! the god of earthquake could not heal you there! ' at this he stretched his hands out in his darkness toward the sky of stars, and prayed poseidon: 'o hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if i am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home -the odyssey, homer what motivates cyclops to ask poseidon to interfere with odysseus's journey home?