The Poems, Sonnet 73, and Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, both introduce how death is being dealt with in different ways. Both Shakespeare and Thomas talk about death; however, each poet addresses death differently.
For instance, in line three of Sonnet 73, Shakespeare informs the readers that his poem deals with death as a form of re-leaving his pain by accepting his lost of his loved one. For this purpose, his love towards someone shows that he cares and he has to do what's right by moving on and accepting his lost of what he loves most. In each stanza Shakespeare emphasizes the different stages of death by first talking about loneliness, sadness, and ends by talking about his deeper emotions that eventually lead him to accept death. From reading Shakespeare poem, I was able to make a connection with one of his quotes in Sonnet 73. In line eight, Shakespeare mentions an important quote that says "Death's second self that seals up all in rest." Knowing this, I was able to see death being used as a metaphor for sleep. Sleeping is a profound form of death because you might not wake up and just stay asleep.
As for Thomas, he sees death as a frustration by pleading because he does not know how to accept death. In his poem, Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, Thomas is speaking to his father and tells him, "do not give up and to basically keep on trying." Thomas' way of expressing his feelings towards his father is difficult and death becomes a form of frustration.
Overall, these two authors look at death in different perspectives. Shakespeare looks at death as a form of re-leaving pain by accepting death and moving on. Thomas in the other hand sees death as a form of frustration and does not know how to handle losing someone.
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Though I do agree with the idea that death is bing dealt with differently by each speaker I do feel you misunderstood the main theme of each poet. You argue that "Shakespeare looks at death as a form of of re-living? I do not agree with your idea that Shakespeare is suffering from death nor experincing stages in order to accept death. As i understand, Shakespeare is aware of the inevitability of death and is instead concentrating on the idea of time and as it decreases so does the time period of life. If you notice throughout the single stanza sonnet there appears to be three distinct changes in ideas: change in season, change in day, and change from fire to ash. Therefore, I must argue that the fact of accepting death is not the dilemna of Shakespeare but that the idea that it is slowly impeding on one's life. However, I do find your response to be more accuarte in your understanding of the frustrations of Dylan Thomas as he struggles with death as it appears to encompass the life of his father. But the frustration of Thomas is not at death itself or even his father; instead it is targeted at the idea that he needs his father to resist death. Therefore, his frustration is not meant to cope the feelings of death but is meant to relay to his father the sincerity of the plead that his father fight to stay alive.
ReplyDeleteOverall, good job! Even though I did dind a few of your opinions to be misleading of the main theme and purpose of each poem I do acknowledge that you had good insight.