God's Judgement Answers

1. The poor people are starving because they have no corn because the summer was wet.
2.They turn to Bishop Hatto because he still has corn from the last years framing.
3.Bishop Hatto decides to lock the poor into his barn and burn it to the ground, thus killing all the poor people in the land. I think this because in the 6 stanza he says,"
22 " I'faith 'tis an excellent bonfire!" quoth he,
23 "And the country is greatly obliged to me,
24 For ridding it in these times forlorn
25 Of Rats that only consume the corn.", meaning that he has killed all the poor people and so ridding the land of all the 'Rats'.
4.It foreshadows that the Bishop will die soon and gives the story a sense of suspense.
5.I think that there are two reasons why the rats ate the Bishop's picture. Firstly, because they are hungry and want to use it for food. Another more mysterious reason is because Hatto called them rats, god has sent real rats to eat his picture. It could even be that because the Bishop called them rats they have been reincarnated as rats and recognised his face and basically ate his face.
6.He may be scared about they way all his corn was eaten after he burned all the poor people so he runs away and hides in his tower.
7.It may be that the 'eye's of fire' are a devilish sign and means that the devil, or something malicious, is near.
8.It gives some contrast into the poem as normally mice/rats are scared of cats because they hunt them but no the cat is scared of the rats and makes them look more scarier.
9.It could mean that they had been sent by someone (God) and the work that they were sent for is to kill him. Again this is a example of foreshadowing.
10.I think that at the beginning of his life Bishop Hatto was a kind or kinder person and that is why he was chosen to become a Bishop. But sadly later Hatto saw how a unfair and dark place the world is and has strayed from his duties as Bishop. He could also have become corrupt or even a bit mad with power as he thinks of the poor people as Rats. Overall Bishop Hatto began as a kind person with a good heart but later became a mean, dark and slightly mad man.
11.The pace of the story is quicker at the end because he leaps from place to place like when the Bishop goes from the countryside to the Rhine to his tower. In the beginning it stays in one place, the countryside, and moves slower than later. This proves the story moves at a faster pace at the end. At the end the mood changes to a darker look as they include the death of the Bishop, the escape to the Rhine and the suspense of the rats coming towards him. The death happens in the 19th stanza when the rats gnaw every scrap of flesh of his bones they basically kill him. This is pretty gruesome and dark. The escape to the Rhine is full of suspense and you are not sure if he will get there in time. This darkens the mood and adds more suspense. Finally I think this is the darkest part when he is sleeping in the tower and then he hears the cat screaming and then he sees the rats coming. This is very tense as it is creepy that a animal is screaming and makes you think that the danger is very near and scary. Overall this means that towards the end the story's mood is darker and the pace is quicker.

13.First it is a supernatural story because it relates to God, who is a supernatural person/character. This is proven when the Bishop believes that God had sent the rats to punish him. It is also a little bit supernatural when he sees how many rats are coming as there were probably not even that many in the countryside.