Read the excerpt from "perseus." for a time she kept his birth secret from her father, but it became increasingly difficult to do so in the narrow limits of that bronze house and finally one day the little boy—his name was perseus—was discovered by his grandfather. “your child! ” acrisius cried in great anger. “who is his father? ” but when danaë answered proudly, “zeus,” he would not believe her.

which greek hero characteristic is presented in this excerpt?

a. having a goddess mother

b. keeping a family secret

c. living in an unusual home

d. having a special birth

D. having a special birth

D. having a special birth

Explanation:

As stated in the excerpt from "Perseus," Danaë keeps his baby secretly within the house and finally confesses that the father of the boy is the god Zeus. Before that, Acrisius, king of Argos, wished to have a son and, instead, was warned that he would be killed by his daughter's son. As a consequence, he locked Danaë in an open air bronze chamber in his palace, but Zeus made her pregnant by coming down as a shower of gold.

english novelist and poet, the eldest of the three brontë sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of english literature.

she enlisted in school at roe head in january 1831, aged 14 years. she left the year after to teach her sisters, emily and anne, at home, returning in 1835 as a governess. in 1839 she undertook the role as governess for the sidgwick family, but left after a few months to return to haworth where the sisters opened a school, but failed to attract pupils. instead they turned to writing and they each first published in 1846 under the pseudonyms of currer, ellis and acton bell. her first novel the professor was rejected by publishers, her second novel jane eyre was published in 1847. the sisters admitted to their bell pseudonyms in 1848, and by the following year were celebrated in london literary circles.

brontë experienced the early deaths of all her siblings. she became pregnant shortly after her marriage in june 1854 but died on 31 march 1855, almost certainly from hyperemesis gravidarum, a complication of pregnancy which causes excessive nausea and vomiting.

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