What does Othello mean when he states "New Friends our wars are done, the Turks are drown'd?
Othello reporting that the Turkish ships have been wrecked and there's no more war to fight. Othello speaking about lago, assuming he's honest and trustworthy.
Answer:
Gloomy and Decay
Explanation:
In this poem, T S Eliot presents disillusion and physical inertia of modern life. The eternal footman is someone who waits while holding the coats of visitors. But this footman may be doom or death and may be the giver may nor return. Hence, the footman snickers, which is a half-suppressed, scornful laugh, rather than a normal laugh since he knows the person whom coat he is holding may not return back as in the case of a visitor who enters a building for entertainment or work.