I remember reading this in freshman year lol, it should be Rainsford. While the antagonist is<span> </span><span>Zaroff</span>
Okay first off a hypothesis is YOUR opinion on a subject based on the observations YOU'VE made.
But mine is that our bodies are relatively new because as a race of people we are constantly evolving over periods of time.
The speaker wanted the bard to stop singing because
<span>He was tired of sitting and wanted to participate in the games.
You can read these in the lines
"you've had our fill or food well shared and the lyre too"
and
"test ourselves in contests"</span><span />
