1. The major conflict in the story is the differing attitudes toward a specific
subject. What is the subject of discussion? What are the different points of view
of the characters on the subject? *

Ibelieve it the los of innocence is a result of gaining experience

It is the poet alfred, lord tennyson himself

The meaning of the phrase "thou art wedded to calamity” is same as the sentence: your marriage will be a complete disaster.the message conveyed in the sentence is about marriage as the word "wedded" connotes, and the term "calamity" refers to disaster.