Question 17 • CMS 2025-2026 English I CREDIT RECOVERY
Helios is the sun, and the passage describes a place where his light never reaches. Sunlight often represents hope and the possibility of a better future, while the “ruinous night” suggests despair. So the loss of Helios’s light symbolizes a loss of hope, not fear, death, or power.
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