Read the excerpt from the odyssey.

neither reply nor pity came from him,
but in one stride he clutched at my companions
and caught two in his hands like squirming puppies
to beat their brains out, spattering the floor.
then he dismembered them and made his meal,
gaping and crunching like a mountain lion—
everything: innards, flesh, and marrow bones.

what can be inferred about the cyclops?

he has gone hungry for a very long time.
he is savage and brutal like a wild animal.
he is terrified of odysseus and his men.
he is very similar to his father, poseidon.

Read the excerpt from queen elizabeth's response to parliament's request that she marry. for i assure you (what credit my assurance may have with you, i cannot tell, but what credit it shall deserve to have, the sequel shall declare) i will never in that matter conclude any thing that shall be prejudicial to the realm. for the weal, good and safety whereof, i will never shun to spend my life; and whomsoever it shall be my chance to light upon, i trust he shall be such, as shall be as careful for the realm as you; i will not say as myself, because i cannot so certainly determine of any other, but by my desire he shall be such as shall be as careful for the preservation of the realm and you, as myself. in this excerpt, queen elizabeth says "for the weal, good and safety whereof, i will never shun to spend my life" in order to convince her audience that she is unbiased, intelligent, and rarely makes mistakes. inform her audience that she will work hard to win back the broken trust of her followers. persuade her audience that she will never make personal decisions that will harm england. remind her audience that she is the ruler and in charge of enacting laws that protect england.

The speaker in the “to a mouse” regrets that the mouse runs away so fast because the

In the great gatsby, daisy is described as