<em>Apollo is indeed the God of Healing. Since he is the God of Light and Life, healing is associated with him. He is also using sun as a symbol together with bow.
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<em>Oedipus used Apollo's oracle which is located in his temple in Delphi to ask for Apollo's advice regarding unexplained plague which was occuring in Thebes that time. Phytia answered him. He asked his brother in law, Creon to see the plague. When he returns, he told Oedipus that it is a punishment from Gods. The Oracle also revealed a prediction that Oedipus will kill his father and will be married to his mother.
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<em>Apollo has an oracle because he uses it to communicate to people. He is using an Phytia, one of the priestess in the temple to send his message to everyone. His message can be composed of advices, future (predictions), questions and guidance to people, the Delphi city and other things.
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The correct answers are
[<u>(b.) And in this flea our two bloods mingled be;]
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<u>Thou know'st that this cannot be said</u>
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[(d.) And pampered swells with one blood made of two;
And this, alas, is more than we would do.]
In this poem, the flea clearly symbolizes their love.
In the answer (b.), their bloods are mixed in this flea and this could metaphorically signify mixing their bodily fluids while engaging in intercourse.
In the answer (d.), it is clear that the speaker is denied intercourse with this woman and extends his argument from the sentence (b.) that their bloods mixed in the flee signify their physical union and that, despite what the society might suggest about her loss of virginity, there is nothing shameful about this act.
They can investigate about the topic being persuaded about throughout multiple different sources, they can not act on a whim and be like hey that sounds cool lets do it.
