Select the two meanings of fix that are suggested by the use in the excerpt. and i have known the eyes already, known them all—  the eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase  and when i am formulated, sprawling on a pin,  when i am pinned and wriggling on the wall,  then how should i beginto rig or unfairly influence an outcome to stare at directly and steadily to preserve a specimen for study to repair something that is damaged or broken

This excerpt comes from the poem  “ The Love Song of J. Alfred  Pufrock” written by T.S. Elliot. It relates of how an older lover contemplates the moves he has to make to his loved one.

Question: Select the two meanings of fix that are suggested by the use in the excerpt.

A. to rig or unfairly influence an outcome

C. to preserve a specimen for study

A). To rig or unfairly influence an outcome.

C). To preserve a specimen for study.

Explanation:

The excerpt from T.S. Eliot's 'The love song of J. Alfred Prufrock' demonstrating the obsession of an old modern man with his own sense of vulnerability and insufficiency to deserve the woman he loves. This leads to developing a lower moral and self-esteem that serves him creating an image of himself portraying him to be inadequate('I am pinned and wriggling') to the requirements of women.

The two meanings of 'fix' suggested here could be 'to rig or unfairly influence an outcome' and 'to repair something that is damaged or broken' as he considers himself to be incompetent or deficient who needs to be 'repaired'. Thus, options A and C are the answers.

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