Who says the following and why?

"[n]ow that you mention it, i see a likeness too . .
odysseus's feet were like the boy's, his hands as well,
his glancing eyes, his head, and the fine shock of hair.
yes, and just now, as i was talking about odysseus,
remembering how he struggled, suffered, all for me,
a flood of tears came streaming down his face" *
helen is recognizing telemachus for the first time.
menelaus is recognizing telemachus for the first time.
menelaus is pretending to finally recognize telemachus.
none of these

Read this passage. my career in journalism has taught me the challenges of capturing sporting events, yet gregor powell's descriptions are flawless. powell is a gold-medal paralympic swimmer, but his memoir proves that his true strength is the power of his insights. what feature distinguishes this passage as a foreword?

What is the meaning of each underlined word in these excerpts from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift? i think it is agreed by all parties, that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. the word prodigious means . the word desponding means .

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