Question

How are Jove’s lightning and thunder-claps described by Ariel in the extract?

Answer 1

The thunder and lightning of Jove are as mighty and huge that it can scare the Neptune.

Explanation:

• In this excerpt, the writer is describing his fears and comparing them with the destructive effects caused by fire and flame.
• The writer is saying that sometimes we have to deal with difficulties and hurdles coming in our way.  
• It depends on the intensity of the difficulty that how we have to divide our energy to face that difficulty.
• The writer says that the thunder and lightning of Jove are as mighty and huge that it can frighten the Neptune.
• He has used "Neptune" as a metaphor to describe the intensity of thunder.