Pleezz ! how does the author create surprise in this myth? a. the author draws a parallel between pythias and damon, but damon turns out to be braver. b. the author establishes intense loyalty between the friends, but damon betrays pythias in the end. c. the author sets up dionysius as cruel, but he is won over by the example of the two friends. d. the author foreshadows that pythias will not return, but he does.

The answer is: "The author establishes intense loyalty between the friends, but Damon betrays Pythias in the end."

imparadis't in one anothers arms  

the happier eden, shall enjoy their fill  

of bliss on bliss, while i to hell am thrust,  

where neither joy nor love, but fierce desire,  

among our other torments not the least,  

still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines;  

yet let me not forget what i have gain'd  

from their own mouths; all is not theirs it seems:  

one fatal tree there stands of knowledge call'd,  

forbidden them to taste: knowledge forbidd'n?  

suspicious, reasonless. why should their lord  

envie them that? can it be sin to know,