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    The underlying values of texts ultimately connect them. Margaret Edson’s 20th century‚ postmodern play W;t and John Donne’s 17th century‚ metaphysical poetry are inextricably linked through their exploration of key concerns of humanity. Accepting one’s mortality and redeeming sins are underlying values of both texts. The importance of accepting one’s mortality is an underlying value which ultimately connects W;t and Donne’s poetry. The texts explore the anxieties of the personas’ potential death

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    John Donne Death is a very complicated subject that people view very differently in different situations. In John Donne’s Holy Sonnets‚ he writes about death in Meditations X and XVII. Both meditations use many similar rhetorical devices and appeals‚ but the tones of the meditations are very disparate. Donne’s different messages in Meditations X and XVII convey tones of defiance and acquiescence towards death‚ respectively. His apparent change of attitude towards death could be accounted for

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    his brother dead after being convicted of catholic sympathies‚ and his wife‚ buried after his 12th child. John Donne writes as a cry to god “Holy Sonnet IX” to express the suffering he has experienced and questions God for this pain. Through a variety of allusions and tone‚ Donne questions the undeserving cruelty of God ands begs for forgiveness. Despite being a very religious poet‚ Donne faced many questions on the morality of God. Many of the allusions from the sonnet expresses his disagreement

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    Edson incorporates Donne’s work to illuminate both explicit and implicit themes‚ creating an undeniable condition. Prior to John Donne’s Judeo Christian conversion he believed that life was only fulfilling if shared with another individual. He conveyed in his pre-conversion poems and stressed the power and importance of love to a person’s well being and existence. Donne contrives the idea that love must not be a "Dull Sublunary lover’s love"‚ rather a relationship where "two souls...are one‚" a

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    In the poem "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning"‚ by John Donne‚ the speaker is consoling his lover who is mournful of the speaker’s imminent departure. The speaker is saying that since they have stronger than ordinary love for one another‚ their love will endure the separation. Donne uses metaphysical conceits and comparative imagery to illustrate the crux of the poem. The speaker is reassuring his lover by reminding her of how great their love is; it transcends the physical and therefore will overcome

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    in pairs of texts set for study. To what extent is this made evident in the texts you have studied? Connections between John Donne’s Selective Poems and Margaret Edson’s play Wit to a great extent enrich the audiences understanding of each text and the themes of death and love. When these texts are studied together it is evident through continual intertextual reference that Donne has heavily influenced the play Wit. Although the texts differ contextually‚ with Donne’s 17th Century poetry and Edson’s

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    impairment and no general health problems. Those people are labelled valids and those with defects such as vision‚ hearing or general health impairment are labelled in-valid. We see this through the protagonist Vincent Anton Freeman‚ Eugene Jerome Morrow and Irene Cassini. Each of them has a different genetic make up which effects‚ in the world of Gattaca what they can achieve. The idea of perfection in Gattaca shows social discrimination against those who do not meet specific standards set in Gattaca

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    ‘The Sun Rising’ poem analysis by John Donne The poet addresses the sun as a person and rebukes the sun because it has wakened him and his lover from their sleep. He demands to know why lovers should obey time. He also shows his dominance over the sun‚ calling it a ‘saucy pedantic wretch’ and tells the sun to bother other people instead such as late school boys or workers imploring or more time to sleep. He tells the sun to find the royal court people and farmers to let them start their day

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    By comparatively analysing the connections between texts‚ a responder’s understanding of intrinsic human concerns are outwardly enhanced. Edson’s play “W;t” is a manifestation of the Selected Poetry of John Donne‚ and explores the analogous notions of redemption through self-examination and the need for human relationships. A responder‚ when taking both Edson and Donne’s work as one‚ understands the timelessness of human concerns. Hence‚ there can be no doubt‚ that fundamental to any comparative

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    poetry of John Donne presents unexpected perspectives on human experience.” Discuss with reference to at least three poems. The use of unorthodox poetic imagery conveys equally unconventional notions of the human experience in Donne’s poetry. Through static images and exaggerated similes‚ satirical or humorous effects are expressed as each poem provides an insight into divergent facets of human existence. Established ideas are challenged by largely innocuous lines of reasoning‚ as Donne employs spurious

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