“A few white locks hung about his ears, his shoulders were bent and his knees feeble, but he was still hale, and was much respected in
our little world of Paleham. His name was Pontifex.”

What is the meaning of the word hale in this sentence?
A) healthy
B) obese
C) proud
D) sickly

the answer is healthy (A) hale means strong and healthy. especially of an elderly person

the answern should be b, if it is the part where the mob has gathered

in macbeth, banquo, who in real life had willing in the murder of king duncan, is portrayed as a loyal subject of the king himself. many analysts believe that shakespeare had done this in order to king james, who supposedly was a direct descendant of banquo himself.

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