Question

Which quotation from the passage best supports the theme that feelings of guilt are difficult to escape?

"O coward that I am, to live so long, / To see my best friend ta’en before my face!"
"Come down; behold no more."
"Now be a freeman."
"Stand not to answer:"

Answer 1

"O coward that I am, to live so long, / To see my best friend ta’en before my face!"

This line directly expresses intense self-reproach and lingering remorse, showing the speaker cannot escape guilt over failing his friend.