And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will pervading all things by nature of its intentness. Man doth not yield himself to the angels, not unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.
Poe was obsessed by death, especially by the fear of death, as can be seen in so many of his poems and stories. In "The Masque of the Red Death" he seems to be symbolzing the universal human fear of death and the many ways by which people try to avoid--not dying--but facing the fact of dying. With Poe this fear seems to have been heightened by his loss of faith in traditional religious beliefs, a phenomena which was becoming widespread in the Western world with the incursions of science.
"The Masque of the Red Death" seems to be intended to depict allegorically people's attempts to avoid facing the terrible fact that death will claim all of them and take away everything they own and everything they love. The refugees seal themselves up in a fortress and indulge in pleasure-seeking, with all sorts of sounds and spectacles intended primarily to distract them from thinking about the fact that everyone is dying all around them. But it is futile. Death is inescapable. He appears among them without having been impeded in the slightest by the walls and gates and claims all of them. Their luxury and revelry was all pointless and meaningless. There is no escape. The story is popular because readers easily understand the meaning behind the metaphors.
Where are the rest of the questions?
I think you forgot the multiple choice or to add a picture
Answer:
The group of friends came to an agreement about the movie they would see together.
Explanation:
Indeed, it skips most of the preceding phrasing while retaining the sentence's meaning and breadth. It conveys the idea that they got to this arrangement jointly and that it was about which film to watch.
A possible alternative:
- The group of friends came to a consensual agreement to see a movie together.
This is the greatest answer (not including C.) since the term "consensual" characterizes the agreement they reached, which was mutual and in which everyone participated and accepted the choice. Furthermore, the choice of words and their placement (first the subject, then the verb, and finally the complement) makes the phrase shorter and simpler to understand than the other possibilities.
Answer:
This quote simply means that people's outward behaviors provide insight into their real feelings. The statement can be rephrased by saying that actions speak louder than words. To know the thoughts that go through a person's mind, observe his actions.
Explanation:
John Locke, an English Philosopher and Physician who was born on 29 August, 1632 and who died on 28 October, 1704 made the statement above. His words can be understood to mean that the way people behave and react to matters, can provide insight into their true feelings.
For example, a person can say that he hates stealing. His true thoughts would be evaluated when the opportunity to steal without being caught presents itself. His behavior then would reveal his true thoughts of the matter.
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Exhow does the interaction of events in each story develop the theme of human value? Consider plot, perspective and the action of characters ( story " THE DEVIL" and "Federigo's Falcon")planation:
