The most ironic thing about Van der Vyver's reaction to the death of the young black boy is that <span>his emotional breakdown and tears after telling what happened.
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This is spoken by Beowulf.
He says it to Hrothgar, the king of the Danes. Beowulf is the hero of the epic and here he describes what happened to king Hrothgar.
<em><u>Answer:</u></em>
<em>"Full worthy was he in his liege-lord's war, </em>
<em>And therein had he ridden (none more far) </em>
<em>As well in Christendom as heathenesse, </em>
<em>And honoured everywhere for worthiness.
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<em>At Alexandria, he, when it was won;"</em>
<u><em>Explanation:</em></u>
The narrator describes the gathering individuals as indicated by their social positions. The pilgrims speak to a various cross-area of fourteenth-century English society.
In this excerpt from Leo Tolstoy’s "The Death of Ivan Ilyich", the sentences that best shows how Ivan Ilyich struggles with his life and his inability to let go of his past are:
"He was hindered from getting into it by his conviction that his life had been a good one. That very justification of his life held him fast and prevented his moving forward, and it caused him most torment of all."
In this two sentences, we can see that Ivan Ilyich cannot comprehend what is happening to him if his life had been so god. His past happiness does not allow him to accept his current situation. Ivan Ilyich is aware of this incapacity of letting go of his past and feels frustrated and depressed because of it.