Narcissus was "a youth who knelt daily beside a lake to contemplate his beauty. he was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into the lake and drowned. at the spot where he fell, a flower was born, which was called narcissus."

which of the following best explains the irony of this excerpt?

a. the fact that narcissus thought he was pretty is an example of verbal irony.
b. the fact that narcissus drowned in a lake is an example of dramatic irony.
c. the fact that a beautiful flower grew because a tragedy happened is situational irony.
d. people calling the flower"the narcissus" is verbal irony.

answer: look i dont mean

explanation: nooobras

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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