What type of figurative language is used in this excerpt? "you hang by a slender thread, with the flames of divine wrath flashing about it, and ready every moment to singe it, and burn "
imagery
allusion
third person
simile

the answer to the given question above would the one that wiesel is establishing and how is ethos by appeal to his authority in having survived the holocaust. hope this answers your question.

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in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.