In "musèe des beaux arts" by w. h. auden, what do the people on the ship do after they see icarus fall into the sea? a. they do nothing, and the ship continues on it's way. b. they force the ship to stop so they can icarus. c. they sound the alarm, but the ship is too far away to .d. they cry out in terror, knowing they have witnessed a horrible tragedy.

In Musèe des Beaux Arts by W.H. Auden the people on the ship do nothing after seeing Icarus fall into the sea and the ship continues on its way. Why was that? Because according to the author, when a tragedy happens, human beings are not affected by it if their interests are protected and they have an horizon to pursue.

they do nothing and the ship continues APEX

old english did not sound like modern english, which differs widely in phonology and especially in grammar, so taht old english is unintelligible to modern speakers.

the average english was strongly influenced by the anglo-norman as later by the anglo-french. the pronunciation was affected by the norman with the sounds   "/ θ / and / ð / " transcribed as th.

modern english was standarized from the london dialect and extended by the government and administartion as well as by the effects of printing, began to acquire more words from other languages as well to imporve in a more fluent pronunciation.