Answer:
Anguish: Deep pain and suffering.
Deign: to do something one considers to be beneath oneself.
meagerly: insufficiently or poor
presumption: behaviour that seems arrogant
Explanation:
Answer:
The women were forced to marry the person whom they have not seen.
The education to women was restricted.
Women were not allowed to work in the office.
Explanation:
The late 18th and 19th century was difficult period for women. They had to sacrifice their own selves for their family. They were not allowed to have higher education and work in the offices. Their survival can be questioned as they were not allowed to make any decision without their husband permission.
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Read "O Captain, My Captain!", by Walt Whitman
Considering the events occurring at the time this poem was written, how does the author use the captain, the ship, and the journey as symbols to develop the theme of the poem? Use specific evidence from the text to support your answer.
Answer:
The captain represents Abraham Lincoln as the leader of the Union, and the ship and its journey is a symbol of the grand and dangerous endeavor that was the Civil War. The Union had already won over the Confederates, which is depicted in the poem as follows: "the prize we sought is won." But the joy gets obscured by the death of the Captain, who "lies, Fallen cold and dead" on the deck of the ship.
Explanation:
Whitman wrote this poem after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, which happened when the Civil War was coming to an end.
