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Which of the following most precisely articulates the symbolic function of the 'rough beast' in W. B. Yeats's poem 'The Second Coming'?
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- 1The 'rough beast' serves as an ambiguous harbinger of a new and potentially terrifying era, embodying the collapse of traditional values at the turning of historical cycles.✓
- 2The 'rough beast' is depicted as a passive observer, completely uninvolved in the chaotic transformation of the modern world.
- 3The 'rough beast' is a nostalgic symbol for the lost certainties of the Christian past, expressing Yeats's longing for traditional faith.
- 4The 'rough beast' represents a literal apocalyptic figure prophesied to restore moral order and harmony to a decaying world.
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The 'rough beast' serves as an ambiguous harbinger of a new and potentially terrifying era, embodying the collapse of traditional values at the turning of historical cycles.
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