The Musee Des Beaux Arts Auden

The profound insight about the human condition which Auden attempts to convey through the poem, The Musee des Beaux Arts, is the predisposition for apathy which all humans share. The author defends and portrays this message by juxtaposing events which hold great importance to others, with the events occurring at the same time, despite what great upheaval or travesty may be going on the background. To prove this, the author sets the scene of a dreadful martyrdom, and yet focuses more on the dogs, who's lives continue on unaffected by the sacrifice that has occurred, and the horse of the torturer, indifferent or unaware of the crimes of his master, scratching his behind innocently against a tree. In the final stanza, the author slams the