One of the central themes of Wordsworth's "Peter Bell" is _________________?
Correct answer: A. How nature can render someone good
- A. How nature can render someone good
- B. How nature can corrupt someone
- C. Eternal youth
- D. A dark voyage into madness
Explanation
Peter Bell presents a morally hardened man whose encounter with suffering awakens sympathy and changes him. The poem therefore supports the idea that contact with nature and natural feeling can make a person good.
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