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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The analyses of a text #4
The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He, his great aunt Miss Trotwood and his friends came to Ham's office to meet Mr. Micawber who is the clerk for local lawyer Uriah Hip, whom he struck him in the cheek.
Uriah Hip is the partner of Mr. Wickfield, who is very sick now, whose only daughter Agnes is narrator's old friend, whom Uriah Hip has an affection for.
Now Mr. Micawber is about to disclose Uriah having done evil deeds.
I say nothing of the look he conferred on me, as he stood eyeing us, one after another; for I had always understood that he hated me, and I remembered the marks of my hand upon his cheek. But when his eyes passed on to Agnes, and I saw the rage with which he felt his power over her slipping away, and the exhibition, in their disappointment, of the odious passions that had led him to aspire to one whose virtues he could never appreciate or care for, I was shocked by the mere thought of her having lived, an hour, within sight of such a man.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like what "their" refers to.
2. I'd like to know if "of the odious passions" modifies "disappointment."
3. And I'd like to know why it is "an hour," not "even an hour."
Thank you in advance for your help.
He, his great aunt Miss Trotwood and his friends came to Ham's office to meet Mr. Micawber who is the clerk for local lawyer Uriah Hip, whom he struck him in the cheek.
Uriah Hip is the partner of Mr. Wickfield, who is very sick now, whose only daughter Agnes is narrator's old friend, whom Uriah Hip has an affection for.
Now Mr. Micawber is about to disclose Uriah having done evil deeds.
Chapter 52 I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION
.................................I say nothing of the look he conferred on me, as he stood eyeing us, one after another; for I had always understood that he hated me, and I remembered the marks of my hand upon his cheek. But when his eyes passed on to Agnes, and I saw the rage with which he felt his power over her slipping away, and the exhibition, in their disappointment, of the odious passions that had led him to aspire to one whose virtues he could never appreciate or care for, I was shocked by the mere thought of her having lived, an hour, within sight of such a man.
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like what "their" refers to.
2. I'd like to know if "of the odious passions" modifies "disappointment."
3. And I'd like to know why it is "an hour," not "even an hour."
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
1. "passions", it seems. 2.
- 1.
- "passions", it seems.
- 2.
- "even an hour" would work.
- It is just author's choice that "an hour" was used.
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1. "passions", it seems.
2. "even an hour" would work. It is just author's choice that "an hour" was used.
2. "even an hour" would work. It is just author's choice that "an hour" was used.
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GPY1. "passions", it seems.2. "even an hour" would work. It is just author's choice that "an hour" was used.Sorry, I messed up my answer slightly. My "2" should be "3".
The answer to (2) is no. The main phrase is "the exhibition of the odious passions". "in their disappointment" is parenthetical, describing the circumstance in which the passions were
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