On The Edge Of The Milleniem Meaning
In the Brueghel’s Icarus painting, why is it that when Icarus falls out of the sky, nobody notices? Rather, in the painting, the ship sails on and the farmer keeps plowing without even looking in the direction of the boy. Even though Icarus fell from the sky, which is not a sight seen everyday, people carry on as if nothing ever happened. Is it that the people are oblivious to what is going on or they choose to ignore it? In the critique, On the Edge of the Millenium, by Kisa Krohn, it presents the question, “Why will you refuse to listen to reason?” Why are humans so secluded and refuse to listen to others? W.H. Auden explores these ideas in his poem, Musee des Beaux Arts, with the three messages; life is full of suffering, people only care
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Auden, is people don’t always realize the pain they cause others. What if we were able to see the emotions and feelings of Icarus after being ignored as he fell from the sky. How do you think he would feel by not being acknowledge by any of the people around him. After taking possibly the biggest fall of his life, he has nobody to help and support him and ask if he is alright. In the critique of the playwright, Sally and Tom on Stage, by Vicki Hambleton, it introduces the idea, “Rather, their capacity to touch, to love each other, makes the pain that we humans cause each other all the more poignant [meaningful] and tragic." Often times, the people we love the most are the ones we hurt the most, but we don’t realize it. In the poem, it references a donkey slapped on the butt while tied to a man who is tied to a tree in order to torture the man. It says, “That even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer’s horse scratches its innocent behind on a tree.”(pg. 1178 lines 10-13) When the horse is slapped, it reacts by running, just as anyone would. However, he doesn’t realize that he is causing the man pain. He is so caught up in his own feelings, that he doesn't take the time to think about how what he is doing is hurting
Auden, is people don’t always realize the pain they cause others. What if we were able to see the emotions and feelings of Icarus after being ignored as he fell from the sky. How do you think he would feel by not being acknowledge by any of the people around him. After taking possibly the biggest fall of his life, he has nobody to help and support him and ask if he is alright. In the critique of the playwright, Sally and Tom on Stage, by Vicki Hambleton, it introduces the idea, “Rather, their capacity to touch, to love each other, makes the pain that we humans cause each other all the more poignant [meaningful] and tragic." Often times, the people we love the most are the ones we hurt the most, but we don’t realize it. In the poem, it references a donkey slapped on the butt while tied to a man who is tied to a tree in order to torture the man. It says, “That even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot where the dogs go on with their doggy life and the torturer’s horse scratches its innocent behind on a tree.”(pg. 1178 lines 10-13) When the horse is slapped, it reacts by running, just as anyone would. However, he doesn’t realize that he is causing the man pain. He is so caught up in his own feelings, that he doesn't take the time to think about how what he is doing is hurting