The tone is most likely hopeful, but I could be wrong.
<span>D.) promoted utopian societies</span>
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Now you may enter,in your battle-armor,/ wearing war-masks, to see Hrothgar; let shields stay here,tightened war-wood,/your battle-shafts wait the result of words
To what does the kenning battle-shafts refer?
Answer:
swords
Explanation:
Kenning is a figure of speech often used by Anglo-Saxons and can be noticed several times in Beowulf. In short, this figure represents the conjunction of two words creating a kind of "puzzle." This is because the combination of the two words creates a new meaning that represents something easily known. These words are usually related by a hyphen that connects them. In the above excerpt, kenning can be seen in the word "battle-shafts" which can be represented as an elongated object and used in battles, like a sword.
None of the above options show what Emerson meant by the sentence, as the sentence states that an individual, to be a significant man, should be outside the mainstream of thought, being a nonconformist.
We can arrive at this answer because:
- Emerson's sentence is intended to show how people cannot conform to the pattern of thinking established by society.
- This pattern take away the individuality of people and make all of them conform to a reality that is not satisfactory, but within what is said to be correct.
- In this case, Emerson reinforces the idea that men should be non-conforming and stay out of the mainstream.
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