Sunday, October 3, 2010

"Landscape with the Fall of Icarus by W.C.W

In "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus", William Carlos Williams suggests that growing up is about taking risks and learning from them. Once "it was spring," Icarus decided to blossom or grow up by going of on his own. The risks that Icarus was facing was "a splash quite unnoticed," or "drowning." William Carlos Williams portray the image by using the allusion of a person. He demonstrates different types of technique to get his point across.
In the painting "Landscape with the fall of Icarus," Bruegel suggests that humans are selfish. They were still doing their job while Icarus was suffering and drowning. He suggests that criminals or people that are not obedient should die and shouldn't get help from others. In the painting the town looks very beautiful and quite, and everyone is enjoying life while Icarus is trying to disrupt their moment of quiet. Bruegel shows that humans wouldn't go out of their way to help someone that is dieing or needs help.
In the poem "The Myth of Daedalus and Icarus," Ovid suggests that people who decides to "change law of nature" will only fail. This however shows that stepping out of your comfort zone and explore will either make you a millionaire or a total failure. It's like America, we are based on Capitalism. "I warn you," this demonstrate that people are only doing what they think will get them by for the day or by the week. They want to be comfortable but Ovid suggests that we should take risks and live happy with the consequences.
The authors suggests similar interest that humans are comfortable in their shell and will not go out their way to disturb that zone. They all have very different idea on life. Ovid portrays the ideology of taking risks, and the worst thing that can happen is dieing. William Carlos Williams demonstrate how humans grow up and branch off to learn. It also includes the consequences of taking risks. Brugel shows that humans are very selfish and doesn't want to be kind to someone that will not benefit them in any shape of form. They all share a lesson and it is how life function.

No comments:

Post a Comment