Question

And immediately i regretted it. I thought how paltry, how vulgar, what a mean act! I despised myself and the voices of my accursed human education." (a) what was the mean act ? (b) why did the poet despise himself ? (c) what does the word ‘accursed' mean in the above context ?

Answer 1

a) mean act was to hit a snake Who was withdrawing himself without harming the poet
b) because he hit a harmless creature
c) accursed Means under curse/hateful .. he was saying human education to be accursed