1 ways to interpret the Gods in Greek myth is to see them as personifications of forces of nature Legacy or lightning or of abstract Concepts like wisdom or forethought yet baldwin said this kind if reading is and error that takes the charm out if these tales and reduces their precious gold into utilitarian iron why might baldwin believe this what happens to characterization or other literary elements in the story if we read the gods as personifications instead of literally

Read the excerpt below from the poem "exile" by julia alvarez and answer the question that follows. i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, floating out past the driveway, past the gates, in the black ford, papi grim at the wheel, winding through the back roads, stroke by difficult stroke, out on the highway, heading toward the coast. which literary device is used in the comparison between the speaker's experience of fleeing the country and floating in the ocean? i let myself lie back in deep waters, my arms out like jesus' on his cross, and instead of sinking down like i'd always done, magically, that night, i could stay up, extended metaphor symbolism simile theme