Which characters in “the highwayman” made any kind of sacrifice? be sure to consider even the minor characters such as tim the ostler and the british soldiers.

The characters that made sacrifices in this poem are:

Bess: The protagonist's girlfriend who was tied up by british soldiers and when she hears the highwayman's horse, she fires the gun, and gives her life to warn him about the ambush.

The highwayman: He gets mowed down by the soldiers in the middle of the road, and dies in a pool of blood.

Tim the ostler: He loves Bess, but she's already got a man.

is there an image you meant to add?

explanation:

1.creeping like a snail is a simile used in this poem and it means the child is going to school unwillingly./a child is unwilling to go to school.

2. man becomes very frail and loses his physical strength when he becomes old, so much that his leggings that used to fit him snugly when he was in his youth are now too loose for him to wear, and that his shank has shrunk so much that this worldly stage is too big for a feeble actor like him. although, 'his youthful hose' just refers to his leggings/pants/ to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.

3.the words "sans" means "without." it is a french word that is often used in english even today. so he is saying that in the last age of a man, the man is without eyes, taste, or anything else. he also says that this is the "last stage of all" and that it is the stage that ends a man's "history."

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