identify the choice that best answers the question.
Read the sentence below and answer the question that follows:
After the accident, the miners channeled the strength of Hercules to move the rock that was
blocking the cave.
What is the role of the allusion to Hercules, a hero of Greek mythology, in this sentence?

A. It shows that the miners need to pretend to be Hercules to move the rock.
B. It indicates that the story is set in a mythological world where anything is possible.
C. It expresses the extreme strength the miners needed to summon to move the rock.
D. It hints that the miners may have already possessed supernatural powers.