Question

What does the speaker mean in “The Second Coming” when he asks about a “rough beast” that “slouches towards Bethlehem to be born”? a. He asks about how nature might be affected by changes in technology. b. He asks about the changes Christianity will need to make in the modern world. c. He asks about the animal that will symbolize British power. d. He asks about the civilization that will replace the Christian civilization.

Answer 1

The speaker meant from the excerpt “The Second Coming” by William Butler Yeats when he asks about a “rough beast” that “slouches towards Bethlehem to be born” is he asks about the changes Christianity will need to make in the modern world. The answer is letter B. Yeats intended to depict the upcoming apocalypse with heavy citation from the Book of Revelation. He said that we have now entered the edge of the gyre spiraling inward, the center of emptiness and chaos and the division of democracy, peace and science. And from there came a beast that will cleanse the world and create a new world.