Question

Read the sets of lines from the poem and answer the questions that follow.

 “…I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me.”

(i) What does Ulysses do?

(ii) Did he enjoy what he was doing? Give reasons.

Answer 1

(i) Ulysses, like a grocery shop owner, measures and delivers rewards and punishments unto a large number of uncivilized citizens.

(ii) No, he did not enjoy is work. He does not like the idea of ministering variable justice to people who like “drones” or animals just eat, sleep and multiply their kind. He wants to leave such work to his son.