Henry's reaction to Williams is<span> surprise</span>.
"Ulysses" is a poem by the Victorian poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson.
Two central ideas would be:
1. The importance of striving toward one's goals despite one's limitations
2. Find purpose despita of being old
Ulysses realized that he did not want to stay in his kingdom living a boring and stationary life. He brought his men to go on adventures and told them that they can still be noble despite being old.
It is distant past
an·tiq·ui·ty<span>anˈtikwədē/</span>noun1.the ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages."the great civilizations of antiquity"<span>synonyms:<span>ancient times, the ancient past, classical times, the distant past"the civilizations of antiquity"</span></span>
