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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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The analyses of a text #5
The narrator recalls his adolescence.
He is an apprentice for the lawyer Mr. Spenlow.
He is crazy for Mr. Spenlow's only daughter Dora.
His grand aunt and her best friend came to London after her going bankrupt.
He encountered his best friend Agnes, who came to London to meet his grand aunt, came to his apartment with her.
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pray Heaven that I never may forget the dear girl in her love and truth, at that time of my life; for if I should, I must be drawing near the end, and then I would desire to remember her best! She filled my heart with such good resolutions, strengthened my weakness so, by her example, so directed - I know not how, she was too modest and gentle to advise me in many words - the wandering ardour and unsettled purpose within me, that all the little good I have done, and all the harm I have forborne, I solemnly believe I may refer to her.
And how she spoke to me of Dora, sitting at the window in the dark; listened to my praises of her; praised again; and round the little fairy-figure shed some glimpses of her own pure light, that made it yet more precious and more innocent to me! Oh, Agnes, sister of my boyhood, if I had known then, what I knew long afterwards! -
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if "so so directed" modifies "my weakness."
2. I'd like to know why it is "refer to," not "attribute to."
3. I'd like to know what "some glimpses of her own pure light shed" means.
4. And I'd like to know what you think of "it" as.
Thank you in advance for your help.
He is an apprentice for the lawyer Mr. Spenlow.
He is crazy for Mr. Spenlow's only daughter Dora.
His grand aunt and her best friend came to London after her going bankrupt.
He encountered his best friend Agnes, who came to London to meet his grand aunt, came to his apartment with her.
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pray Heaven that I never may forget the dear girl in her love and truth, at that time of my life; for if I should, I must be drawing near the end, and then I would desire to remember her best! She filled my heart with such good resolutions, strengthened my weakness so, by her example, so directed - I know not how, she was too modest and gentle to advise me in many words - the wandering ardour and unsettled purpose within me, that all the little good I have done, and all the harm I have forborne, I solemnly believe I may refer to her.
And how she spoke to me of Dora, sitting at the window in the dark; listened to my praises of her; praised again; and round the little fairy-figure shed some glimpses of her own pure light, that made it yet more precious and more innocent to me! Oh, Agnes, sister of my boyhood, if I had known then, what I knew long afterwards! -
[David Copperfield by Charles Dickens]
1. I'd like to know if "so so directed" modifies "my weakness."
2. I'd like to know why it is "refer to," not "attribute to."
3. I'd like to know what "some glimpses of her own pure light shed" means.
4. And I'd like to know what you think of "it" as.
Thank you in advance for your help.
Top answer
park sang joon 1. " No. She strengthened his weakness and directed his wandering ardor ..
- park sang joon 1.
- " No.
- She strengthened his weakness and directed his wandering ardor ..
- park sang joon 2.
- " It is another verb with the same meaning.
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park sang joon1. I'd like to know if "so so directed" modifies "my weakness."No. She strengthened his weakness and directed his wandering ardor...
park sang joon2. I'd like to know why it is "refer to," not "attribute to."It is another verb with the same meaning.
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Thank you, Mr. Micawber, for yet yet another so very kind answer from you. 
1. No. She strengthened his weakness and
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park sang joonThen I was wondering why there is "so" before "directed."It means 'so much', just as it does after the word 'weakness'.
park sang joonI'd also like to know what "glimpses" means in "shed some glimpses of her own pure light."It is just the dictionary meaning, but in a mental, not physical, sense.
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