what does this passage means to you?
"i do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition, or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy; and a church-yard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm".
please help, i have a hard time understanding this passage.
2007-02-27 04:25:00 · 3 answers · asked by jv637 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
First bit's saying that they have never been scared of ghosts or stuff like that, or not that they can remember. Second bit they says they're not scared of the dark either. They're not uncomfortable in a graveyard, seeing it as simply a place where dead people are buried. The last part is making a comparison between a living person (beauty, strength) and a dead person (worm food).
2007-02-27 04:50:05 · answer #1 · answered by Dan B 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't remember ever having been aftaid of superstitions or ghost stories, or of ghosts. Darkness didn't scare me, and a graveyard beside a church was just a place to put dead bodies; bodies which used to be strong and beautiful and which are now decayed and eaten by worms.
2007-02-27 06:19:05 · answer #2 · answered by teachermama 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've never been afraid of ghost stories, never been afraid of meeting av ghost, never been afraid of the dark, and graveyards have never been spooky to me.
2007-02-27 04:45:07 · answer #3 · answered by Nyx 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋