Explain how the author creates the suspenseful moment when the Minotaur arrives. Use the passage if you need to review the story's climax.

Edenuity Sample Response: James Baldwin speeds up the action to create suspense for the reader. By moving the action forward so quickly, the author leaves the reader anxious to discover if Theseus saves himself and the other characters from the Minotaur.

Minotaur is the offspring of Pasipha, the wife of Minos who deceived Poseidon by coveting a bull for himself rather than having it killed as an offering. Minotaur has a head and tail similar to that of the bull.

It was ordered that the Minotaur be kept in an indestructible structure and every year, nine maidens and youth are given to him as a tribute to Athens. This happens for about 9 years.