What is the main theme reflected in this excerpt from “ulysses” by alfred, lord tennyson? there gloom the dark broad seas. my mariners, souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me-- that ever with a frolic welcome took the thunder and the sunshine, and opposed free hearts, free foreheads--you and i are old; old age hath yet his honour and his toil. death closes all; but something ere the end, some work of noble note, may yet be done, not unbecoming men that strove with gods. 1. the old have free hearts and free minds. 2. the mariners have toiled hard to avoid the dark and broad seas 3. it is very important to have free time and sunshine in life. 4. the old can regain honor by taking up challenges again.

I believe the correct answer is: 4. The old can regain honor by taking up challenges again.

The main theme reflected in this excerpt from “Ulysses” written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson is that the old can regain honor by taking up the challenges again. In this excerpt Ulysses shifts attention to the port of Ithaca where he tells us a ship is preparing to set sail and says that “Free hearts, free foreheads – you and I are old; /Old age hath yet his honor and his toil;” meaning that even if they are old, they can still regain their honor by taking challenges.

b. both have yearned to escape the environment they experienced as a child.

explanation:

the intellectual community is a place like a university where people with high marks, or original thought or an outstanding interest in something gather. they take classes together. they discuss things. they argue sometimes, and not always in a friendly way. but if they argue, it is because they are passionate about something, and there is nothing the matter with that.

lately i've been hearing rumors that it is not the way it was when i went to school. the one thing all schools used to have was free speech. the 1st amendment rights were sacred. now i'm hearing they are not. students can be reported and disciplined for giving an off the wall opinion.

that is shameful.

intellectual ideas are meant to be discussed. they are meant to be chewed up and worked on. that is the primary responsibility of every intellectual community. if that is not the way it is, then that is not a school to go to.

social media, in my opinion, and this is just an opinion. i wouldn't take it too seriously, complicates everything to do with human communication. you can want to share things and others feel they have the right to be very critical or sarcastic or mean about what you share. lack of respect is an immeasurable intolerable condition and social media abounds with that sort of thing.

one of the things i really like about is how careful people are because they must have some idea that the mods are exactly what the word says they are. they police this board very well, and what is so remarkable about them is that they are no older than the average grade 12 student.

my hat goes off to them (which means i respect them quite a bit).