Which of these excerpts from homer’s iliad contains an epic simile?
as wasps, provoked by children in their play,
pour from their mansions by the broad highway,
in swarms the guiltless engage,
whet all their stings, and call forth all their rage: traveller
. .

great jove consents to half the chief’s request,
but heaven’s eternal doom denies the rest;
to free the fleet was granted to his prayer;
his safe return, the winds dispersed in air
. .

joyful they heard, and kindling as he spoke,
flew to the fleet, involved in fire and smoke.
from shore to shore the doubling shouts resound,
the hollow ships return a deeper sound.
. .

in equal arms two sons of nestor stand,
and two bold brothers of the lycian band:
by great antilochus, atymnius dies,
pierced in the flank, lamented youth! he lies,

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themes and meanings

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there are two central themes in  the miracle worker: that the human spirit can triumph over even the most daunting of disabilities and that a dedicated teacher can transform the lives of those with whom he or she comes into contact. these inspirational themes have long been personified in the widely known true-life relationship between helen keller and annie sullivan, but  the miracle worker  also dramatizes collateral issues that extend beyond the particular case. underlying helen’s process of learning basic principles of what annie terms “obedience” (decorum, etiquette, and hygiene), there are more universal lessons of self-governance—the inculcation of self-restraint instead of willfulness, the development of self-discipline instead of self-indulgence. only when these lessons have been mastered can helen begin to acquire language—which, annie says, “is to the mind more than light is to the eye.”

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