Thomas Pringle was born in January 5, 1789, in Blaiklaw, Roxburghshire, South Africa. He and studied at Kelso and afterwards, in 1805, at Edinburgh University. He became Commissioner of the Public Records of Scotland, and co-editor of The Edinburgh Monthly Magazine and Constable's Magazine, in 1817. He was married to Margaret Brown. In 1819 he published his first book of poems, The Autumnal Excursion.
By 1824 he had become co-editor of the South African Commercial Advertiser and had opened a school. Two years later he left South Africa for London, where he did literary work and served as Secretary to the Anti-Slavery Society until his death on December 5, 1834.
Pringle is the author of The Bushman.
These lines suggest that:
D.) His lifestyle enables him to survive in situations that would devastate other cultures.
<u>Bushmen are known for living in the extremist conditions of the Kalahari desert, where other African tribes would die, they thrive.</u>
The lines that describe recent events are the following: "<span>Seven captains at our seven gates Thundered; for each a champion waits, Each left behind his armor bright, Trophy for Zeus who turns the fight; Save two alone, that ill-starred pair One mother to one father bare, Who lance in rest, one 'gainst the other Drave, and both perished, brother slain by brother."
Here, the chorus recounts the recent war of Argive and Thebes armies, led by two brothers, Polyneices and Eteocles, who killed each other. This event if the foreground of the plot. The chorus' story serves at least two purposes: reminding the audience of a well-known occurrence (thus providing a context for the plot), and a foreshadowing of another tragedy that is about to happen.</span>
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