Itiresias, old man with wrinkled dugs
perceived the scene, and foretold the rest-
i too...
English, 27.11.2019 03:31, ehsaangaminglegend
Itiresias, old man with wrinkled dugs
perceived the scene, and foretold the rest-
i too awaited the expected guest.
he, the young man carbuncular, arrives,
a small house agent's clerk, with one bold stare,
one of the low on whom assurance sits
as a silk hat on a bradford millionaire.
which sentence best explains how an allusion in the passage affects its
meaning?
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a. the narrator describes the young man as "carbuncular," which
suggests that he suffers some kind of skin infection; the
description can be interpreted as a symbol for his spiritual
sickness.
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b. bradford is a borough in northern england that, in eliot's time, was
known for both its millionaires and the devastating casualties
suffered by the bradford pals battalions in world war i.
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c. referencing the art of michelangelo creates an indirect
comparison between the young man from eliot's poem and david,
the subject of michelangelo's most famous sculpture.
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d. by comparing himself to tiresias - a prophet who, in greek
mythology, was changed into a woman by the goddess hera - the
speaker identifies with a female character as she observes the
young man
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