Discuss how the worldview that Denby describes helps to account for, and make sense of, the violent and vengeful elements of Homer’s Iliad that may seem cruel and immoral to a contemporary reader. Real life connection: When we see that the Greek aristocracy uses gods and religion in stories about heroes to inspire and manipulate common men to die in war for the aristocracy, does it make us stop to consider that this could or does happen today in our military wars?

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apprenticeships are formal, paid, long-term training programs that provide valuable classroom instruction coupled with on-the-job training for skilled, high-paying jobs.

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.