English

Catherine Gallagher

25 March, 09:29

Read these lines from Chaucer's "The Monk's Tale":

In youth they gave [Nero] an instructor, he

Taught him to read and taught him gentle breeding. He was the flower of mortality

At the far time, according to my reading.

What is the meaning of the figurative language in these lines?

A) Nero's personality was developed even as a child.

B) Nero was raised with gentleness and care.

C) Nero's morality was the greatest when he was a child.

D) Nero, as a child, was given a careful teacher.