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Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,    better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.    laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.    laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. (laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain) which of these is the main idea of the poem?

What central idea does this passage develop? the impact of fate the integrity of leaders the ruthlessness of power the importance of friendship

In 250 words, discuss the ways in which the novel relates to the historical context in which it was published.