Question

What is the main theme reflected in this excerpt from “Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?

Answer 1

The main theme reflected in these lines is, I believe, D) the old can regain honor by taking up challenges again. 

Answer 2

Answer: D) The old can regain honor by taking up challenges again.

Explanation: In literature, the theme is the underlying message of a story, it is  what critical belief about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story or poem. Usually this belief, or idea, is universal and transcends cultural barriers. In the given excerpt we can see reflected the theme that the old can regain honor by taking up challenges again, as we can see in the phrases "but something ere the end,  Some work of noble note, may yet be done.."