"Humans are sound bad things to the earth." This quote emphasizes how people treat the earth wrong. In the story "A Dirge" it shows how the earth cries because the humans are wrong. In addition to that, the "from Plastics: A Toxic Love Story" states how the humans are wrong by polluting plastics. A couple creates fine art from the plastics but then realizes they polluted the beach, also.
The two texts, "A Dirge" and "from Plastic: A Toxic Love Story" both emphasizes how humans are doing bad things to the earth. As stated in Shelley's text, the earth is crying because the humans are wrong. It shows how there's a thunder storm, and how it leaves the world afterwards. On the other hand, the humans were wrong by polluting plastics
at the Kehoe Beach. In the text "A Dirge", there's bad thunderstorms. He implies how bad the storm was and how it affects the earth. Furthermore, Kehoe Beach was polluted with trash. The text talks about a married couple that creates art from plastic. Moreover, for awareness of the negligence that leads to the commonly used litter (from Plastic: A Toxic Love Story). The story "A Dirge" was sad, emotional, and passionate. For this reason, the earth was crying because the humans were wrong. In the story "from Plastic: A Toxic Love Story", the story was emotional. Mrs. Lang becomes emotional when she sees the red sticks from her kids lunches. She realizes that she was also polluting the Kehoe Beach. In conclusion, both texts state how the earth is sad because of how the humans treat it. Humans never realize how bad they treat the earth. The earth deserves to be clean and never polluted. Also, the earth shouldn't grieve because of the humans wrongs. There are many things that the earth disproves of humans and we should fix it.
Through the experience of the young character, Bobby, the short story Catapult by J. A McLeod is a good example in which characters in texts are constructed to represent the best and worst qualities in human nature. In this short story, Bobby is constructed to convey just how easily we are able to destroy our innocence and to represent some of the uglier qualities in human nature, like how we crave power, are greedy and how easily we are able to kill if given the power paired with a lapse in judgement. It shows how we would rather pin the blame on something innocent rather than accept our faults and also suggests that our lack of judgement could be our downfall. At the same
In these aspirations, whereas the Romantic poets value the permanence of nature in contrast to that of manmade creations, Frankenstein connects his Romantic sentiments with icy climates which shift and fade. The drastic change in tone from his speech to Walton’s crew to his final speech to Walton is an echo of the ice that melts a few days after his speech to Walton’s crew. Frankenstein’s sublime experience on the icy heights of Mont Blanc (Shelley 66) and his praise of the Arctic’s sublimity (Shelley 155) are also notable in that they both take place in the typically warmer months of August (Shelley 64) and September (Shelley 154). While such alienation from reality is typical of the Romantic poet, Frankenstein’s two experiences in these icy landscapes lead to his greatest failures: the Creature’s request for a wife (Shelley 101), which when Frankenstein refuses (Shelley 120), results in the “destruction” of his friends, family, and himself (Shelley 157). Frankenstein’s praise of the isolating sublime is characteristic of the Romantic poet, but the mutability of his icy landscapes leads to his demise rather than to the prosperous legacies the Romantic poets hoped
Graham Greene, a Canadian actor, once said, “Human nature is not black and white but black and grey.” Carver brings this quote into light, when he describes the outcome of an argument that a couple has. Carver, the author of “Popular Mechanics,” uses imagery, symbolism, and voice to convey that humanity is inherently bad, violent, evil and in times of darkness. One can easily destroy ones own beautiful creations, but in all it’s just a part of human nature.
Conclusively, Shelley’s Gothic piece accentuates a cautionary tale of man’s destructive desires of conquering science and the secrets of life. Scott extends Shelley’s premise as he presents our possible future, utterly devoid of nature due to man’s destructive pursuits. The bible states ‘he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow’, reflected by man's destructive desires in both pieces.
Traditionally, dirges are composed in the form of a song or hymn of mourning as a memorial to a dead person. The very definition suggests that the particular qualities of the dead individual deserve recognition. The dirge is not just written for anyone, but for those deserving of glorification, who survive in the memories of the living as testaments to the greater capacities of humankind. It is against this traditional definition that Kenneth Fearing’s poem, “Dirge”, is working, not only as an overt commentary on the social, cultural, and political factors surrounding the destabilization of 1930’s America but also as an abstraction of the prevalent views of reality: the dehumanization of the human. Fearing superimposes these thematic projects onto the context of the Great Depression, a period of American history often seen as representing overarching society decline, the dull malaise of futility, and the alienation of the individual. Through an exploration of the structural elements of “Dirge”, one can find just how Fearing constructs a particular vision of modernism.
The natural imagery and specified strong diction present in “Mutability” work in service to express humans and human nature as protean. Shelley uses imagery to metaphorically compare humans to clouds and lyres that undergo change. His intent is to convey the rationale for mutability specifically to humans though. Shelley’s diction in relation to his biography and the Romantic period also illustrate underlying thoughts about mutability.
Shelley envisioned a strong sense of humanity in her novel. She encapsulated the quintessence of the period in which she lived by expressing ideologies, such as humanity’s relationship with God and the hypothesis of nature versus nurture. The relationship with God was vividly changed during the industrial era.
In his poem, 'Ode to the West Wind,'; Shelley uses a poignant and heart-rending tone to describe the power of nature and more specifically the wind. Shelley's reference to the wind, as the 'sister of Spring'; and a 'Maenad,'; shows how the wind is like a woman, spontaneous and free, with the liberty to be a gentle soul or a vicious amazon. He sees the wind with wonderment, and at the same time respects it and or even fears it. Shelly not only uses tone to depict his conception of nature, but he goes on to use personification to characterize the strength and vigor the wind possesses. He gives the wind human characteristics by referring to the wind as 'her'; and 'she.'; For example, 'Her clarion over the dreaming earth, and fill (Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air) With loving hues and odors plain and hill,'; can be paralleled with a woman tending to her garden with love and devotion. Along with a heart-rending tone and personification Shelley uses imagery to d...
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has undoubtedly withstood the test of time. Frankenstein’s direct association with fundamental Gothic literature is extremely renowned. However, the novel’s originality is derived from the foundational thematic values found within the relationship (or lack there of) between Victor Frankenstein and the monster he had created, in combination with a fascinatingly captivating plot. Understandably, Frankenstein can often be associated with a multitude of concepts; however, in this particular instance, the circumstances in the book seemed remarkably coherent with Shelley’s Romantic beliefs in preserving the natural world, and one’s natural existence. These values present themselves as metaphorical symbols that represented Shelley’s Romantic beliefs. The allusions suggesting that pushing the boundaries of knowledge leading to consequential repercussions is extremely fundamental for the comprehension of this essay, especially when it contrasts cohesively with Shelley’s lucid references to “the sublime.” Over-reliance on scientific information and progression, eventually leads to environmental diminishment. During the period of time when Shelley was writing this piece, she would’ve been exposed to the consequential factors of the Industrial Revolution in England. Modernization was resulting in the destruction of the natural world the Romantics favoured so heavily. These allusions suggesting the environmental destruction in Shelley’s Frankenstein is represented most thoroughly using: the thematic importance of stretching science’s boundaries, the passionate representations of the sublime, and the direct association with the beliefs of the Victorian Romantics, of whom Shelley was at the forefront of.
Shelley’s use of unique metaphors for humanity leaves the reader questioning the significance of the human condition. Whether we surrender to the burdens of the night and vanish like a cloud, or are simply a 'forgotten lyre' to a musician, this mutability will always consistently happen. The only true reliability in the world is this change. This poem searches for an answer to humanity's struggle to combat with change and time, revealing that the only option left is to accept these inevitabilities into our lives and embrace them all we
Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Cask of Amantialdo” are two good examples of this concept of human nature.
When you venture outside of our urban society and visit the realm of nature, a unique transformation takes place. As the buzz and clamor of the cities recedes, and gives way to untouched earth, you can feel something change inside you. When you are experiencing nature, you can feel your spirit being lifted by the nature surrounding you. This is an interesting concept, and one Percy Bysshe Shelley was very fond of. Of him, John Simkin wrote that he sought in nature inspiration for much of his work. He found inspiration from wind rushing through a forest to write Ode to the West Wind. In this poem, he writes about the relation between nature and spirit. In Ode to the West Wind, Percy Bysshe Shelley uses the images of boyhood, the lyre, and driving his thoughts across the universe in parts IV and V to suggest the connection between nature and spirit.
Throughout the poem there is close observation of wind, water, wood, cloud and sky. The imagery is scientific, mythical and biblical which combine to form a very powerful setting. Shelley is using the natural to portray the social. The wind symbolises the force of renewal in nature and the change needed for political reform and to restructure society. As the destruction of the autumn wind indicates the end of summer, so the changes necessary to bring about a fairer society will be destructive at first too.
Shelley’s writing differs in form from Plato’s in that Shelley’s is more straight forward and seems almost as if it were meant to be preached. “Reason is to the imagination as the instrument to the agent, as the body to the spirit, as the shadow to the substance.” (429) The analogy that Shelley uses portrays that reason is the basis of the imagination, implying that poetry holds truth, yet it is an idealized truth, which is determined by Plato in The Republic to be essentially false.
While Shelley is truly inspired by the Wind, the Wind in the poem may be something more omniscient and fierce, like the true free Spirit of God. Once that assertion is made, the rest of the poem flows more easily and can be understood better. The first part, while at first glance may be showing a simple picture of the transition between fall and spring, is actually depicting how life is forever changing and adapting, never staying static, due to the Spirits of God constant disturbance. The leaves and plants are metaphors for human kind, showing how religion can awaken or destroy them: “Thou from, whose unseen presence the leaves dead… fill wish living hues and odours plain and hill” (lines 2 and 12). The second and third parts shows that even though, humans are terrified of change, they are still able to adapt and evolve to even the fiercest winds of change. The “sapless foliage of the ocean” (line 40) are metaphors for human life and their fear of hearing God’s voice show how no matter how frightened they are, they can still overcome whatever obstacle is thrust in their path. The fourth and fifth parts are now understood to be prayers to God, not just a simple wish to be free. Shelley draws inspiration and strength from his belief in God and wants to use that strength to be the source of empowerment for other people