Question

He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;/In doubt to deem himself a god, or beast;/In doubt his mind or body to prefer;/Born but to die, and reasoning but to err...

These lines from Pope's An Essay on Man represent human beings as _______.

A.filled with potential
B.occasionally ignorant
C.corrupted by evil motives
D.hopelessly overwhelmed

Answer 1

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "D.hopelessly overwhelmed."These lines from Pope's An Essay on Man represent human beings as hopelessly overwhelmed. He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest;

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) hopelessly overwhelmed.  

These lines of Pope’s “An Essay on Man” represent human being as hopelessly overwhelmed.

The representation of a human being hoplessly overwhelmed is described in the lines of the excerpt. “In doubt to act/ or rest”; it shows indecision. “In doubt to deem himself a God or beast”; it shows confusion. “Burn but to die, and reasoning but to err”; it shows the tiredness that makes him hopelessly overwhelmed.  

Alexander Pope published the poem “An Essay on Man” in 1733. The poem tries to clear God’s way to the human being and its natural order.