Question

Which details from the text best support the analysis that the narrator is in awe of the city at night? Select three options. “
A.But it was not dark. Everywhere there were lights.” B.
“I thought to myself ‘This is a strong magic’ and trembled.”
C.“That was a sight indeed—yes, that was a sight: I could not have seen it in the body—my body would have died.”
D.“Everywhere went the gods, on foot and in chariots.”
E.“It was magic what they could do—it was magic what they did."

Answer 1

The details from the text of "By the Waters of Babylon", by Stephen Vincent Bennet, that best support the analysis that the narrator is in awe of the city at night are

• A. "But it was not dark. Everywhere there were lights."
• B. "I thought to myself 'This is a strong magic' and trembled."
• C. "That was a sight indeed -yes, that was a sight: I could not have seen it in the body -my body would have died."

The narrator is traveling through the Great Places of Gods. He sees them everywhere and he is in awe. He is overwhelmed with admiration and fear.

Answer 2

To be in awe of something means to be marveled and impressed by it. The sentences that show the narrator being in awe of the city are;

• A.But it was not dark. Everywhere there were lights.”

• B. “I thought to myself ‘This is a strong magic’ and trembled.”

• C.“That was a sight indeed—yes, that was a sight: I could not have seen it in the body—my body would have died.”

In these three excerpts, we see that the speaker was amazed by the lights and other captivating things that he saw in the city. Some of them even made him tremble.

Therefore these three points above show that he was in awe of the city.

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