The answer is "Nature"
The scene described in Walden focuses heavily, if not exclusively, on nature and the effect that the natural wonder of Walden Pond had on Thoreau. This is also the most key element of Transcendentalism: the search for enlightenment not in man-made society but in the natural world.
The rain how it fell; the cadaver smell
<span>My eyes transfixed on that pit of Hell, </span>
Vapid flesh foul, horrendously bland.
<span>But why this carnage, I don’t understand; </span>
Retching, gagging, holding back the bile.
<span>I turn from the evil to rest for a while, </span>
<span>From decomposing mothers, fathers and child; </span>
Satan’s work, merciless, callously wild.
<span>Laid out in graves grotesquely remorse, </span>
Lucifer’s carnage has taken its course
<span>In a dance of death, contorted and thin, </span>
Thousands of bodies, bound together by skin.
Now sixty years passed, will I ever forget.
<span>That day when in person, with Satan I met; </span>
He showed me firsthand his evil, his sin.
Flames of contempt still burn deep within.
<span>Wise men instruct us ‘we must never, forget’, </span>
<span>Upon the memory of them, ‘let the sun never set’; </span>
<span>For six million Jews paid the ultimate cost, </span>
<span>I know, I was there, at the great Holocaust.
</span><span>Holocaust - Poem by Alf Hutchison</span>
Havoc -Mayhem
Misread-Miscontrue
Mystery -obsolete
Outdated- enigma
Answer:
The given extract is taken from the play of William Shakespeare "Othello".
Explanation:
The lines are spoken by Iago in Act 3, Scene 3.
Iago is the antagonist of the play and the most villainous among Shakespeare's villains. Iago had manipulated Othello in believing that his wife Desdemona is cheating on him with his lieutenant Cassio. He does so because he is jealous that he was overlooked for this position so he plans revenge.
In the given quote, Iago is trying to convince Othello of Desdemona's unfaithfulness. He asks Othello to keep watch on Desdemona. Othello eventually agrees.
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