Read the excerpt from "Deucalion and Pyrrha” by Ovid. Here is the world with its glorious lands from east to west; and here are we, an inglorious crowd of two. All else belongs to the sea. As yet, indeed, we can hardly be certain the life that we have is safely assured. These clouds still fill me with fear and foreboding. How would you now be feeling, my poor dear love, if I had been lost and you had been snatched from death? Read the excerpt from the adaptation "The Flood” by James Baldwin. But Deucalion and Pyrrha were very sad, for they knew that they were the only persons who were left alive in all the land. At last they started to walk down the mountain side towards the plain, wondering what would become of them now, all alone as they were in the wide world. How does Baldwin’s decision to describe the characters’ feelings change the tone from Ovid’s original?
Answer
A
from a feeling of joy and pride to one of bewilderment
B
from a feeling of disappointment and sadness to one of relief
C
from a feeling of fear to one of despair and significant loss
D
from a feeling of betrayal to one of camaraderie
Explanation
In Ovid’s excerpt, Deucalion expresses fear and foreboding, worrying that their survival may not be secure. Baldwin instead emphasizes that the pair are sad because they are the only people left, and that they wonder what will become of them alone in the world. This shifts the tone from fear to despair and a sense of great loss, matching choice C.
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