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Question
‘Ulysses is not happy to perform his duties as a king.’ Why?
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Solution
Ulysses is not happy to perform the ordinary duties of a king mainly because his heart is in voyages beyond the horizon. He is bored with the task of enforcing law and order and giving reward and punishment to a savage race.
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