Answer:
a. Craves meat, howls, and becomes increasingly animal-like.
Explanation:
Rudyard Kipling's short story "The Mark of the Beast" tells the story of how a newly arrived landowner from England to India had desecrated the Hindu god Hanuman. His act of branding the image of the god with a cigarette butt with "<em>Mark of the B--beasht</em>" had led to the "Silver Man" to put a curse on him.
After Fleete grind the cigar into the forehead of the temple statue, the naked and leprous man "Silver Man" touched him with his head to Fleete's chest. This started the transformation of Fleete from a civilized Englishman into a beast- his smelling senses grew more refined and he began to crave and eat raw meat. And in a short number of days, he fully leaves behind any form of a human and began howling like a wolf.
The word in the excerpt from Carl Sandburg's “Chicago” has a connotation of power or strength, is bold. The correct option is C.
<h3>What is “Chicago” by Carl Sandburg?</h3>
It is a poem written by Carl Sandburg about the U.S. city. There are total nine poems written about U.S. which was the adopted home for the author.
The options are attached here:
a) coarse
b) piling
c) bold
d) bareheaded
Thus, the correct option is c) bold.
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I’m assuming you’re talking about The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe.
Possible themes entail:
-the discussion of death and the afterlife
-the memories of those who have passed
-ancient references to the Bible
-dealing with grief
-hopelessness