The Interlopers is a short story where two families’ rivalry pits them against each other. Towards the end of the story, it takes much longer for one of the characters to forgive another and once he does finally forgive the man, they both die. If the other man would have forgiven him earlier, they could have escaped their problem together and survived. The ideal theme the reader would get from The Interlopers is also the same they would get from the poem, “Forgiveness”, by Alfred Austin. Both of these give you the same theme but on opposite ends. In the poem, the writer has forgiven and he is now happy, but in the short story the characters dwelled on their past and died. The theme of The Interlopers and “ Forgiveness” both demonstrate the
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The first lines says, “ Now bury with the dead years of conflict.” From the beginning, he is already putting it out there to let go of all the past problems, they are already gone. “Seen through the vista of vanished years.” ( Austin 3). The word choice of ‘vanished years’ could most likely be being referred to as the years the grudges were held and how those times were wasted by anger. “Words more than feeling keep us apart,” this choice of words helps the reader to understand that things said are known for sure but feelings are never truly known. “Let all now be forgiven, and forgive.” ( Austin 15). This is the very last line which puts what the whole poem was trying to say into perspective for the reader. The theme to forgive is undeniable. Alfred Austin spent his entirety of “Forgiveness” using many comparisons and unlike things to show the goodness of forgiveness.
Alfred Austin’s poem, “ Forgiveness”, shows the importance of letting go of a grudge. “Forgiveness” uses personification, imagery, and diction to prove this true. Austin did not beat around the bush and gave us his feelings of happiness after letting go of his hate and past pain. “Forgiveness” relates to the short story The Interlopers because they both share a similar message, just with different ways of explaining it to the
The first lines says, “ Now bury with the dead years of conflict.” From the beginning, he is already putting it out there to let go of all the past problems, they are already gone. “Seen through the vista of vanished years.” ( Austin 3). The word choice of ‘vanished years’ could most likely be being referred to as the years the grudges were held and how those times were wasted by anger. “Words more than feeling keep us apart,” this choice of words helps the reader to understand that things said are known for sure but feelings are never truly known. “Let all now be forgiven, and forgive.” ( Austin 15). This is the very last line which puts what the whole poem was trying to say into perspective for the reader. The theme to forgive is undeniable. Alfred Austin spent his entirety of “Forgiveness” using many comparisons and unlike things to show the goodness of forgiveness.
Alfred Austin’s poem, “ Forgiveness”, shows the importance of letting go of a grudge. “Forgiveness” uses personification, imagery, and diction to prove this true. Austin did not beat around the bush and gave us his feelings of happiness after letting go of his hate and past pain. “Forgiveness” relates to the short story The Interlopers because they both share a similar message, just with different ways of explaining it to the