No one provokes me with impunity is the motto that of the Montresor (129). This quote foreshadows the narrators the beliefs about those who wrong him. Montresor says its part of his nature to seek revenge (127). We learn earlier in the story that Furtunato has wronged him some how but we never learn what he has done. We do know that he plans to not confront him right away, but wait till the time is right. This is important fact in understanding the credibility of the narrator. The first few paragraphs let us know that the narrator has premeditated his crime.
The Montresor encounters Furtunado one night at a carnival, which can be symbolic of the madness Mentresor possesses. Furtunado is very intoxicated, which Montresor anticipated. We can conclude the The Montresor knew that Furtunado was going to be because he says, He had a weak point… (127).” The Montresor then lures him down to the catacombs with the story he has crafted. While luring Furtunado, Montresor repeatedly asked him if they should go back because it was cold and his cough. While seeming sincere we the readers no that Furtunado can not feel the cold because he is so intoxicated.
We then come the point in the story were the narrator asks Montresor if he would like a drink and Montresor agrees. Furtunado then says, “My own fancy began to grow warm with the Medoc,” which suggests him to have been drinking. This challenges the credibility of the narrator’s story from this point on. We can see that it’s in the narrator’s nature is to seek revenge and we can also see that he had a premeditated plan. That means we can put faith in the author’s story until the point were he mentions feeling the effects of the alcohol.

Introduction

Rage, Rage against the dying of the light” (3).When faced with losing a family member or a close friend, I think that most people would agree that they would want them to pass peacefully, calmly, and not have to struggle or experience any prolonged pain. However, in Dylan Thomas’s poem, “Do not go Gentle into that Good Night” he would rather his father put up a struggle to live and not succumb to death. With such a gripping take on how a love one should come to terms with death we, as the readers, are left to interpret why Thomas feels that life is so worth fighting for.
One way to figure out why Thomas feels this way is to look at what kind of poem he uses to send his message. Every poet has to consider what style of poem he or she is going to use. The style tells a lot about the poems meaning. Thomas uses a villanelle which is commonly used for comical works and is very structured. This is very interesting because the poem is very serious and emotional. It may mean that Thomas feels that his father’s death may have been unexpected. The poem being so structure suggest that life it self follows a strict structure that is inevitable. Another way we can try to discover Thomas’s intension is to try and interpret the four different men that he describes. Wise, good, wild, and grave are all different types of men that Thomas uses. I think that these men describe his father at different stages of his life.
The suggestion that fighting your death is better than passing easily is hard for some of us to understand, but if we analyze Thomas’s poems we may be able to understand his perspective. Looking at different aspects of Thomas’s poems shows that though different stages of life presents us with challenging things life is worth living.

Why so serious? It makes life bland
Introduce a little anarchy
Get rid of everything you had planned

Don’t fear The Batman
His altruism is crazy
Why so serious? It makes life bland

Ultimate chaos is all I demand
A world that has no set boundary
Get rid of everything you had planned

A world where the police force is disbanded
Hold a gun and shoot it blindly
Why so serious? It makes life bland

Break the hourglass and piss in the sand
Embrace the flame and explosion medley
Get rid of everything you had planned

Everybody will break. I have seen it firsthand
Join me on the journey
Why so serious? It makes life so bland

Get rid of everything you had planned

The Tyger

The Tyger
After reading William Blake’s poem “The Tyger,” I noticed many contradictions between in context of the reading and what Blake was said to believe. Blake had a very negative perspective on industrialization movement. Based on this information, I found it very interesting that Blake would illustrate the tiger, something he thought to be holy, as being built in such an industrialized way. I think Blake uses the contradictions to highlight his feelings of industrialization. The tiger in the poem is made by way of machine. It interesting that the animal Blake chose was a tiger because tigers are usually thought to be scary and aggressive. The tiger might be a representation or symbolic of the way Blake felt towards industrialization. Even though he uses a tiger, the tiger is drawn in a way that is very nonthreatening. The tiger like a tiger but it has no heart or personality to it; it’s very robotic. I think Blake draws the tiger like this to show how industrialization is something that is very dangerous but is seen to be something beautiful. Another important aspect of the poem is all the childlike characteristics it has. Along with the childlike picture the poem asks a series of questions, this is very similar to how a child may question his elders. Also the rhyme scheme which is, trochaic tetrameter, it gives the poem a nursery rhyme quality. This leads me to believe the poem is narrated through the eyes of the child. I also think it’s presented through the mind of Blake because he is sending a message through the childlike qualities of the poem. All the paradoxes create uncertainty within the reader. I feel that Blake repeats the first stanza to put emphasis on the question of who created the tiger, but also creates a since of ambiguity. The poem leaves you with many unanswered questions.

When I first read this poem, it was hard for me to grasp what Ezra Pound was trying say. It took me a few times to be able to vaguely grasp what pound was trying to say. For the argument that the poem is anti modernist, the first word the stood out to me was word “apparition.” Apparition is usually associated with ghost or thing unnatural. Pound might use this word to describe the peoples’ faces to suggest that they have become “dead” to the real world because of technology. The setting of the poem is that of a subway in Paris which I would assume would be busy, yet the apparition of the faces could mean that because of technology, people have distanced themselves from each other. The second thing that supports an anti modernist message is “…the petals on a wet, black bough.” When we think of petals we think usually of spring or associate it with beauty, but in the poem the petals are resting on a wet bough. The petals which can represent all that is beautiful about people, has fallen onto a black bough. The black bough can be representative of technology and the negativity that it brings, since the bough is black.

A strong argument can be made that Ezra Pound’s poem has an anti modernist theme, but you can also argue that his poem is pro modernist. The word apparition not only means ghostly but also unsuspected or startling. This definition of the word may suggest a more positive outlook on modernist beliefs. The startled look could mean a look of excitement to the future of technology. The people that the author describes can be in awe of the technology that surrounds them in the crowded subway. The petals that Pound describes may still be representative of people but the black bough that they rest on may have a different meaning. The black bough can be representative of the lack of technology. Black is usually a color which suggest bad, evil, or death. A bough is a big branch of a tree, which is usually symbolic of life. The black bough can be symbolic of technology which is a part of life. The bough is black so it may suggest that the technology part of life is dead. However, the petals on the bough maybe symbolic of how people are trying to bring life back to technology.

Casabianca

In Casabianca the image of the flames was the most prominent. I noticed that the setting was a lot more subtle. As the poem goes on the author gives vivid images of the flames engulfing the ship and the boy’s unwavering intent to stay until his job is completed. I found that the setting of the story was a lot more subtle. We can assume that it night because the of the line “… And stream’d above the gallant child, like banners in the sky,” but the author never directly addresses it. He also never mentions the sea and barely mentions any noise besides the boy’s shouts and the flames. The flames seem to grow more substantial as the poem goes on while the image of the boy’s bravery stays the same.
I think the author uses the flames to represent evil and the boy is a representation of innocence, loyalty and faith. The poem brings us right into the middle of a battle between the burning ship and the boys. The author describes him as being “bright and beautiful” which is interesting because that’s how some maybe describe the fire. The author then describes the boy as a “creature of heroic blood” which suggests that he had super human bravery. The repetition of the fire rolling on creates tension and suspense and gives it a sinister characteristic when juxtaposed again the boy’s innocence.
Even as the flames or evil are almost face to face with the boy he isn’t tempted to abandon his position without his father’s orders. This can be looked at from a religious perspective, the boy is like a Jesus figure and the flames can be Satan or sin. Like Jesus the boy doesn’t abandon his role even when faced with adversity. Although the boy is destroyed his loyalty and faithfulness is still remembered.

Why my Title?

I chose Words of Enlightenment for my title at first because it was the first thing that came to my head. I also thought it was kind of catchy, flowed well and it was humorous. After I thought about it though, it made me think that maybe some people really may be enlightened or change their point of view based on what they read in my blog. I think the blog is a good representation of who I am in a few words. Upon first glance it is funny because it is kind of dramatic, but at the same time it is serious. It has two sides to it, one that is fun but the other which is sincere and genuine.