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Then, looking about her with eyes that would not fail, a Circe with its hair in the coil, spoke: ‘You are taking what I would not give.
This is an excerpt from “The Lament of the Median.” Identify the statement that corresponds to the lines:

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Focus on metaphors and symbolic meanings in literary passages to understand themes of power and inheritance.
Updated On: Feb 11, 2026
  • Women are visible for their bodies, while their deeds are buried within power struggles.
  • Women’s symbolic sacrifice makes space for those who will inherit power.
  • Women are invisible in the narrative and erased from history.
  • Women sacrifice their bodies as the invisible resources of the succession.
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The Correct Option is B

Solution and Explanation

The text metaphorically portrays women as symbolic sacrificial figures, crucial for ensuring the continuity of power and inheritance by symbolically yielding to successors.
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