The old masters: how well they understood
its human position: how it takes place
while someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along;
how, when the aged are reverently, passionately waiting
for the miraculous birth, there always must be
children who did not specially want it to happen, skating
on a pond at the edge of the wood

w. h. auden, "musée des beaux arts"
what is auden describing in this passage?
a. what only wicked people do when someone is suffering
b. what people are usually doing while suffering is taking place
c. what the people who saw icarus drown were doing
d. what people should do when they see someone suffering

The answer is:  

B. What people are usually doing while suffering is taking place.

In the poem "Musée des Beaux Arts," the author W. H. Auden makes reference to Icarus' horrible fall into the sea, which happens unnoticed by nearby people who are performing their own daily activities. In this way, the writer intends to highlight that sometimes people are so engaged in their ordinary labors that they fail to acknowledge when torment and anguish occur to others.

yes, elmers glue is non toxic. i called them a couple months and asked the same question. they said it was

romeo and juliet, family means a lot more than a husband, wife, and 2.5 kids. "family" means everyone from the head of the household down to the lowly servants—anyone who could possibly owe any the capulets or montagues loyalty. if you're thinking "street gang" or "mafia movie," you're not too far off. that's why romeo and juliet's little love affair isn't just going to get them grounded; it's a betrayal of absolutely everything—like dating someone from a rival school or, yeah, a rival gang. we might think of family as a place of refuse and security, but, in romeo and juliet, kinship is more often a source of danger and battle.

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