I think the answer is 'to engage the audience in the tragic story'. I would only reveal the end to capture the attention of the audince and make them wonder why/how the story ends the way it does.
The main idea in this paragraph is that different cultures have different ideas on marriage. Some marry for romantic love, some for a benefit, and others for status. Notice that these different ideas of marriage were from different cultures.
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Cyclops and Odysseus are characters in the book "The Odyssey." In the book, Odysseus took away the eye of the Cyclops after he got him drunk on wine. Cyclops invited Odysseus back to the same island, not to hurt or kill him, but to let him know that it was Odysseus that was destined to take his eye from him. Cyclops wanted to treat him well upon his return and befriend him.
Answer:
Through Akerblad’s actions, Giblin shows him as someone whose confidence eventually stood in the way of his success.
Explanation:
James Cross Giblin's work <em>The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone</em> is a historical work on the deciphered work of the Rosetta Stone that was discovered in Memphis. This historical stone laid the foundation for the understanding of the Egyptian language and scripts.
The given passage talks about Johan Akerblad, a Swedish student studying under Silvestre de Sacy. The passage details how his previous successes led him to make a mistake while deciphering the Stone. Through his actions, Giblin presents him as someone whose confidence in always succeeding led him to be adamant, thus obstructing him in the way of successfully deciphering the hieroglyphic. He made a mistake in claiming that the demotic hieroglyphic is alphabetic, leading to <em>"no further progress in deciphering the demotic passage on the Stone".
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