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Why, throughout today’s reading, do you think the Old Man ascribes ill intent to the crowd? What from his character, his past, his idiosyncrasies, etc. might predispose him to see his circumstances through this lens?
Students might locate specific examples which illustrate this behavior from the Old Man, including: “...the crowd of courtiers surrounds him, ah! Ah! They want to prevent me from approaching him…They know very well that…oh! I understand, I understand…Court intrigues, I know all about it…They hope to separate me from Your Majesty!”; and “O my faithful helpmeet!...you who have believed in me, unfailingly, during a whole century, who have never left me, never…...
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