Click to read "the story of daedalus and icarus" by ovid. then answer the question. how does the focus of brueghel's landscape with the fall of icarus compare to ovid's "the story of daedalus and icarus"? a. brueghel's painting focuses on the people of the coast rather than icarus. b. brueghel's painting focuses on daedalus and ignores icarus. c. brueghel's painting does not include icarus at all. d. brueghel's painting focuses on only icarus and ignores daedalus.

The answer is:

A. Brueghel's painting focuses on the people of the coast rather than Icarus.

In "The Story of Daedalus and Icarus," by Ovid, Daedalus escapes with his son Icarus by making wings out of feathers glued with bees wax. Icarus ignores his father's warning and flies close to the sun, so the bees wax melts and he falls into the sea.

The painting by Brueghel depicts a landscape with a few people working and Icarus plunging in the water in the background. However, it does not include Daedalus, who reaches his destination and survives in Ovid's story.

a the painting focuses on the people than

o'henry used irony in "the gift of the magi". this tool was essential to developing the story's theme by showing that the couple bought gifts for each other that they could not actually use at the moment. in addition, the author used this fact to show that people of the society should treasure the things they've received from others, because you may never know if they sacrificed their most treasured possession to aquire the gift.