Which excerpt from the odyssey best demonstrates the importance of perseverance in greek society? a. long ships with good stout planks athwart—would fighters rig them to ride the barren sea, except for hunger? b. “i learned to keep my head in hardship—years of war and years at sea. let this new trial come.” c. the young men, afterward, hunted wild goats with him, and hare, and deer, but he had grown old in his master's absence. d. no man of woman born could work these wonders by his own craft, unless a god came into it with ease to turn him young or old at will.

The excerpt from “The Odyssey” which best demonstrates the importance of perseverance in Greek society is:

"I learned

to keep my head in hardship—years of war

and years at sea. Let this new trial come."

The correct option is B.

According to Greek mythology, a hero must possess some of the qualities so as to be extraordinary. Perseverance is one of the qualities which a Greek hero must possess. It is a quality by which the hero meets the challenges in his journey but still maintains his position by facing them.  Odysseus maintained his perseverance throughout his journey as a hero.

“I learned

to keep my head in hardship—years of war

and years at sea. Let this new trial come.”

c. the coughing sounds

explanation:

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.