The passage suggests the theme of "the danger of acting on your curiosity." The speaker declines the advice of their friends to avoid danger and instead chooses to approach a mysterious and possibly hostile being, which ultimately leads to dire consequences for both themselves and their friends.
The Odyssey
by Homer
My friends advise me, and to quit the shore.
Their wholesome counsel rashly I declined,
Curious to view the man of monstrous kind,
And try what social rites a savage lends:
Dire rites, alas! and fatal to my friends."
"The Odyssey" by Homer
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One theme suggested by this passage is that people expect to be greeted with hospitality. Which other universal theme does this passage suggest?
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the danger of acting on your curiosity
the danger of acting on your curiosity
the danger of being rude to strangers
the danger of being rude to strangers
the need to keep going when you feel like quitting
the need to keep going when you feel like quitting
the need to take care when choosing one’s friends
the need to take care when choosing one’s friends
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