Yeats' "The Second Coming" Interpretation Your
Select one of the interpretations. Write a paragraph presenting your selected interpretation and evidence that develops
this perspective. Use the sentence stem below to structure your opening.
Origin

Interpretation #1: This poem presents the speaker's ruminations on the despair and hopelessness of the world post
World War 1, with the fear that the world will enter a state of anarchy.

Interpretation #2: The second coming of Christ will take the world out of the state of chaos and disorder it fell into
after World War I and humanity will be saved.
(writing strategy repetition, imagery,)

How now how now chop logic what is this proud and i you and i you not and yet not proud mistress minion you me no nor proud me no proud

What does the morality play everyman say about fate and free will? develop a short response using examples from the text to support your answer.

How are the characters of tablin and keyn revealed in this excerpt from "the guard" by simon dunbar? a. indirectly through dialogue and by thoughts and actions b. directly through a narrative description c. indirectly through dialogue "where's my horse? " keyn asked. tablin looked around the dirt courtyard. he tried to peer through the shadowy arches of the flowing barrel. he even twisted in his saddle to look across the merchant's bazaar, past tents and warehouses filled with goods. "i don't know," he said. "did you leave it in your mouth? it's the only place i can think of that's big enough." keyn laughed; something got stuck in his throat half way, and he coughed for breath. "i can see you're good to go,” tablin observed as keyn struggled to clear his throat. “go get your horse yourself before i take the job and leave you to rot in the flowing barrel."