Read the excerpt below and answer the question. The hunter still the deer pursues, The hunter and the deer -- a shade! What does
Freneau mean when he calls the hunter and the deer "a shade"? They are both in the dark. The sun cannot reach them. The hunter cannot catch the deer. They are ghosts or spirits.
Freneau meant that the hunter and the deer are ghosts or spirits. For this reason one can not be free from the other, just as we can not keep ourselves from our shadows. The hunter and the deer will establish this hunting relationship for eternity.