Correct Answer: D. determination

Correct Answer: D. anxiety

Correct Answer: D. Marcellus

Correct Answer: A. officers

Correct Answer: C. They tell a popular story

Correct Answer: D. Horatio

Explanation

The relationship between Richard and his father, Mr. Wright is highlighted mostly in Richard's early childhood. This relationship goes a long way in shaping Richard's personality as well as his perception of life. The first instance of their relationship is unfolded during the fire that engulfs their house. Richard hides under the burning house afraid of the consequences of his action after the desire for adventure leads him into setting the house ablaze. Being too terrified to heed the mother's call to come out of his hiding place, the father's voice which should have brought him relief does otherwise. The father barks at him 'There he is!', 'Come here boy!', 'Come out there, you little fool'

Thus, Richard does not have the trust and sense of belonging a child feels for his father. As he feels the pain of almost being beaten to death by his mother, he knows his father will not save the situation. When the family moves to Memphis, the true relationship between Richard and his father is brought to the limelight. Here, Richard realizes to his chagrin that he cannot make noise or play freely during the daytime because that is when his night porter father sleeps. This situation evokes negative feelings in Richard who sees the father as all-important, forbidding and the family law giver. Richard never laughs in his father's presence and this makes him sullen and withdrawn.

He looks upon his father with as much awe as he would a stranger. All these lead to a loose relationship between Richard and his father. For instance, to spite his father, Richard decides to kill the kitten since the father complains that its noise disturbs his sleep. Richard literally takes his father at his word to "kill that damn thing" just to demonstrate his hate and thus have a triumphant edge over him by questioning his authority in the family. When his father deserts the family, the initial feeling of freedom he enjoys to play as noisily as he likes is gradually replaced by 'pangs of hunger' which he associates with the memory of his father. Thus, the father's desertion paves the way to the development of an independent mind in Richard as he learns to defend himself on the street. It, however, has a negative influence on him. He learns to indulge in 'loose street habits, becomes an alcoholic (as a child), uses obscene language and drops out of school for lack of support.'

The relationship between Richard and his father makes him to exhibit rude behaviour to the pastor who reminds him of his father. After watching the mother drag his father to court for financial assistance to no avail, Richard feels like killing him, especially after seeing him with a strange woman. Richard associates his mother's ill health with the father's desertion and this makes him feel deep hatred for him. Later in life, Richard relates the father's uncaring relationship with the family to the emptiness which every Blackman feels. Having realized this, he forgives the father and even pities him as a "black peasant whose life had been hopelessly snarled in the city" and who flees the city damning the consequences."

The relationship between Richard and his father, Mr. Wright is highlighted mostly in Richard's early childhood. This relationship goes a long way in shaping Richard's personality as well as his perception of life. The first instance of their relationship is unfolded during the fire that engulfs their house. Richard hides under the burning house afraid of the consequences of his action after the desire for adventure leads him into setting the house ablaze. Being too terrified to heed the mother's call to come out of his hiding place, the father's voice which should have brought him relief does otherwise. The father barks at him 'There he is!', 'Come here boy!', 'Come out there, you little fool'

Thus, Richard does not have the trust and sense of belonging a child feels for his father. As he feels the pain of almost being beaten to death by his mother, he knows his father will not save the situation. When the family moves to Memphis, the true relationship between Richard and his father is brought to the limelight. Here, Richard realizes to his chagrin that he cannot make noise or play freely during the daytime because that is when his night porter father sleeps. This situation evokes negative feelings in Richard who sees the father as all-important, forbidding and the family law giver. Richard never laughs in his father's presence and this makes him sullen and withdrawn.

He looks upon his father with as much awe as he would a stranger. All these lead to a loose relationship between Richard and his father. For instance, to spite his father, Richard decides to kill the kitten since the father complains that its noise disturbs his sleep. Richard li

Correct Answer: D. irony

Correct Answer: A. ghost

Explanation

Death is the central theme of the poem. Houseman focuses on the inevitability of death and compares the two major motes, life and death. Houseman treats death as a transition from a world of transience to one of permanence. The earthly world he describes as 'fields where glory does not stay'. He suggests here that fame does not last in the world. Houseman also sees death as providing a welcome escape from the travails of this world. The disillusioned youth from his village have outlived their fame. They are 'Runners whom renown outran. Death for Houseman provides rest and peace. The grave is a 'stiller town' and the silence is not regarded as cheerless. Death is welcome because apart from the rest and peace it provides, it preserves honour.

Houseman visualizes the grave in a powerful image at the end of the poem as preserving the garland (honour) which the youth won when he was alive. In the grave, the head will still be 'laureled and the 'garland' unwithered. In spite of the fact that Houseman appears to value death, an atmosphere of fatalism and a mood of resignation dominate the poem. The images associated with death are somber, for example, 'a stiller town', 'shady night', `strengthless dead'. Houseman gives the impression that there is death in the midst of life and focuses on what he sees as its more positive rather than grim aspects.