Suffrage, Spirituality, And Sadness In Dover Beach

Suffrage, Spirituality, and Sadness in “Dover Beach” In Matthew Arnold’s poem “Dover Beach”, Arnold allows reader’s to enter a whole new world of wisdom. Arnold sets his poem on Dover, a cliff in South England. Arnold uses imagery to help readers perceive a sense of darkness, and horror. He also uses smooth and rhythmic words to set up the scene more effectively. Arnold creates a more powerful poem and conveys his message more efficiently by using themes found in Fahrenheit 451 such as suffrage, spirituality, and sadness. One of the most obvious themes in the poem is suffrage. Readers feel a sense of suffrage immediately as the poem opens, in the poem the world seems to be perfect. In example, a moonlit night, but it really is nothing but perfect. Readers soon realize it is simply a muddle. This theme is very common in Fahrenheit 451. In the novel Bradbury sets the scene to where readers think life in America in the 21st century is ideal, but after the unexpected suicide attempt by Mildred, readers begin to realize that these characters may have many materials but that does not make one happy. In fact it only makes them suffer more.
The second theme found in “Dover Beach” is the lack of spirituality.
The speaker believes that times ago people had faith in life, but they lack faith now. The speaker also creates a sense of hardship, during this time people face many difficulties in life. In Fahrenheit 451 this theme is mainly the most important. The only character in the novel with genuine spirit is Clarisse. She teaches Montag the meaning of life through her spirit and faith in people. Many of the people living in Montag’s time do not have faith in others, but Clarisse believes that everyone is good deep down inside, no matter how they seem to be or how they
behave. Lastly, Arnold sets the scene with a tone of sadness and aggressiveness. Arnold uses sadness to ensure that readers will have an uninviting view of the world. Similarly in Fahrenheit 451, sadness plays a key role in the lives of Montag, Mildred, and several others. Readers gradually realize that people are empty and emptiness leads to sadness. Now although both of these pieces of literature are set in complete different times, people always seem to be sad. What makes someone happy or sad? It is how people look at life. Clarisse was surrounded by the most grim and rude people, yet she still manages to have a positive and great outlook on life. Arnold creates a more powerful poem and conveys his message more efficiently by using themes found in Fahrenheit 451 such as suffrage, spirituality, and sadness. These two works of art share many similar characteristics. In a way Bradbury and Arnold almost have the same mentality. Both these works show a sense of lost humanity. Only a few certain type of people can overcome this sensation. Both authors give a ruthless description of the world, this leaves readers thinking what are these characters missing in life?