The character of Editha is a foil, developed to portray the fickleness of the arguments that support war.
The author ironically reveals how Editha repeats the passages from newspapers and magazines supporting the need to go to war. But the author takes a step further to give us a view of Editha’s perception when she says, "But now it doesn't matter about the how or why. Since the war has come, all that is gone. There are no two sides any more. There is nothing now but our country."
Finally, toward the end of the story, Mrs. Gearson sarcastically says, "No, you didn't expect him to get killed," a commentary by the author to show the ignorance of people who idealize war.
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It means Alake was the answer that Victor has been searching for and the key to his problem.
Something along those lines.
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If the passage you're talking about is this:
<span>"So the Helming woman went on her rounds,
queenly and dignified, decked out in rings,
offering the goblet to all ranks,
treating the household and the assembled troop
until it was Beowulf’s turn to take it from her hand."
Then the correct answer is C. a gift-giving.
Before going into a fight, the warriors honour each other with gifts. This was a common Anglo-Saxon ritual of great significance. It meant that the people who are honouring each other are a community in which they treat each other with respect, fight side by side, and pledge to keep each other safe in the battles to come.</span>
Answer:
Girard uses the characters of Th<u>e actor at Line 88, Laertes and The army</u> in a mimetic function to show that Hamlet's revenge is in a sense half baked.
Explanation:
the character of<u> Laertes represents revenge theatre</u> which was one of the targets of Shakespeare's Hamlet.<u> the character's drive for revenge along with purgative mourning shows the futility of revenge</u> on theater.
The interactions with the army and the actors come before that and lay a groundwork for Hamlet not truly believing in his revenge even as he is driven by it. h<u>e questions the validity of revenge</u> itself through these interactions, according to Girard.
