Wk 10-The Persephone myth & Looking Ahead- The myth of Icarus
Part 1) Both Eavan Boland's "The Pomegranate" and Rita Dove's" Persephone, Falling" present similar presentations of the myth of Demeter
and Persephone. Both poems depict a mother's love and need to protect their growing daughters inevitable journey into womanhood. Dove's writing appears to project warnings with elements of caution. She writes" (Remember: go straight to school. This is important, stop fooling around! Don't answer to strangers." Additionally, Boland's poem appears to depict fear and possibly caution, but also a portrayal of acceptance that all children eventually grow and in turn they will be the ones worrying about their offspring. Boland writes "If I defer the grief I will diminish the gift. The legend will be hers as well as mine. She will enter it. As I have." Both artists describe strong love for their daughters encompassed by the need to protect and guide them through the life's journey.
Part 2) The myth of Icarus tells us that simply 'life goes on'. Whether we as humans heed warnings of possible destruction or not, it is the responsibility of the individual to guide their own journey or path in life .Auden explores this point in his poem Musee des Beaux Arts. This particular myth is popular as a way to describe male experience in the same way that Demeter and Persephone describes women's lives in a way that ultimately children grow up and in turn, history repeats itself. We try to guide and protect our children to allow them opportunity to flourish and make their own decisions, living responsibly through their own experiences.
and Persephone. Both poems depict a mother's love and need to protect their growing daughters inevitable journey into womanhood. Dove's writing appears to project warnings with elements of caution. She writes" (Remember: go straight to school. This is important, stop fooling around! Don't answer to strangers." Additionally, Boland's poem appears to depict fear and possibly caution, but also a portrayal of acceptance that all children eventually grow and in turn they will be the ones worrying about their offspring. Boland writes "If I defer the grief I will diminish the gift. The legend will be hers as well as mine. She will enter it. As I have." Both artists describe strong love for their daughters encompassed by the need to protect and guide them through the life's journey.
Part 2) The myth of Icarus tells us that simply 'life goes on'. Whether we as humans heed warnings of possible destruction or not, it is the responsibility of the individual to guide their own journey or path in life .Auden explores this point in his poem Musee des Beaux Arts. This particular myth is popular as a way to describe male experience in the same way that Demeter and Persephone describes women's lives in a way that ultimately children grow up and in turn, history repeats itself. We try to guide and protect our children to allow them opportunity to flourish and make their own decisions, living responsibly through their own experiences.