Essay Comparing The Myth Of Daedalus And Icarus
On pages 644-645, the painting and both poems are interpretations of "The Myth of Daedalus and Icarus" (Bulfinch). Discus how each of these authors interprets the myth's theme.
Looking at the painting by Pieter Brueghel, it appears that when bad things happen people tend look in the different direction. Icarus legs are clearly visible in the water after he falls, yet people around him appear to be busy with their daily tasks. The theme of the painting is humankind’s unawareness towards suffering. Clearly looking at the painting, you can tell that Icarus is not the focus of the painting. The author of the painting is sending the message that we don’t understand the meaning of suffering until we become the victim of it. The theme of Auden’s poem is also suffering as he wrote the poem after he visited the museum where the painting “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” was hanging. Auden emphasize that we are too distracted by our daily life tasks that we fail to notice others suffering. Auden mentioned that in the painting …show more content…
Discuss the poem's use of the theme (Innocence and Experience). What is the meaning that we construct from the poem? What is the insight about life that we can derive from it?
The meaning that we construct from the poem “Richard Cory” is that what we always see is not always true. We are too gullible to understand what one might be going through until we experience their demise. Everyone in the poem admires Richard, yet they failed to notice his miseries. The insight about life that we can derive from this poem is that appearances are not always what they seem, and that money does not always make a person happy. Richard Cory is the symbol of upper class, but he was probably lonely and sad man who at the end killed himself.
Start a discussion thread about one of the poems on pages 465-482. Discuss the poem's use of imagery. Why and how is the imagery significant in that particular
Looking at the painting by Pieter Brueghel, it appears that when bad things happen people tend look in the different direction. Icarus legs are clearly visible in the water after he falls, yet people around him appear to be busy with their daily tasks. The theme of the painting is humankind’s unawareness towards suffering. Clearly looking at the painting, you can tell that Icarus is not the focus of the painting. The author of the painting is sending the message that we don’t understand the meaning of suffering until we become the victim of it. The theme of Auden’s poem is also suffering as he wrote the poem after he visited the museum where the painting “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” was hanging. Auden emphasize that we are too distracted by our daily life tasks that we fail to notice others suffering. Auden mentioned that in the painting …show more content…
Discuss the poem's use of the theme (Innocence and Experience). What is the meaning that we construct from the poem? What is the insight about life that we can derive from it?
The meaning that we construct from the poem “Richard Cory” is that what we always see is not always true. We are too gullible to understand what one might be going through until we experience their demise. Everyone in the poem admires Richard, yet they failed to notice his miseries. The insight about life that we can derive from this poem is that appearances are not always what they seem, and that money does not always make a person happy. Richard Cory is the symbol of upper class, but he was probably lonely and sad man who at the end killed himself.
Start a discussion thread about one of the poems on pages 465-482. Discuss the poem's use of imagery. Why and how is the imagery significant in that particular