Question

passage poems great expectations, a novel written by charles dickens (1812 - 1870), is influenced by the rigid class structure of victorian england. in this excerpt, a young orphan named pip is sent to visit a wealthy, eccentric woman named miss havisham to entertain her. unknown to pip, miss havisham was left at the altar on the day of her wedding many years before. she has lived ever since as if time had stopped at that fateful hour. excerpt from great expectations by charles dickens...in an arm - chair, with an elbow resting on the table and her head leaning on that hand, sat the strangest lady i have ever seen, or shall ever see. she was dressed in rich materials, - satins, and lace, and silks, - all of white. in the poems, how does shakespeare allude to, or refer to, ovids poem? by personifying time as cruel and destructive by referring to the story of the nativity by comparing the passage of time to waves breaking on the shore by copying the rhyme scheme and meter of the original poem

Explanation:

Shakespeare often personifies time as cruel and destructive in his works, which is a common allusion - related technique. The nativity story is not typically an allusion Shakespeare makes to Ovid. Comparing time to waves breaking on the shore is not a common Ovid - related allusion by Shakespeare. Copying rhyme scheme and meter is not an allusion. Personifying time as cruel and destructive is a way he might allude to Ovid's themes.

Answer:

by personifying time as cruel and destructive