Amanda Stevenson
Dr. Sigler
EN 102
14 October 2015
Fraternally Inseparable: The Journey from Vanity to Oblivion
Despite the common belief that the sinking of the Titanic was purely unlucky misfortune,
In “The Convergence of the Twain”, Thomas Hardy uses the prevalent isolation, indifference, and lack of foresight to convey that pride and vanity ultimately lead to ruin.
Hardy uses the Titanic and Iceberg as a specific man versus nature conflict in order to
Each stanza within the poem is comprised of three lines. Within each of those stanzas, the line length increases, thus creating the image of an iceberg. This parallels the message of the poem, which is that the crash between the iceberg and the Titanic was inevitable. Similar to how the …show more content…
The divide between nature and man is introduced in line two, “deep from human vanity”. This line gives the setting of the poem as the depths of the ocean. This line also
Hardy gives a powerful message, that although man put so much work and effort into building the titanic, the ship was still overtaken by one construction of nature.
There is a shift between the fifth and sixth stanza. The question, “What does this vaingloriousness down here?” is posed in the fifth stanza. This question summaries the first five stanzas, which all project the uselessness of the material things in the sea. Hardy uses diction such as “grotesque”, “slimed”, “dumb”, and “indifferent” to describe how the sea creatures view the fallen treasures from the Titanic. This answer to the question is given in the sixth stanza with the line, “the Immanent Will that stirs and urges everything”.
This line is also the first correspondence to the title, giving a proposed reasoning to the Titanic and the Iceberg colliding.
Ignoring the fact that the poem is about the Titanic, “The Convergence of the Twain” is still quite relevant to the constant man versus nature conflict in
Dr. Sigler
EN 102
14 October 2015
Fraternally Inseparable: The Journey from Vanity to Oblivion
Despite the common belief that the sinking of the Titanic was purely unlucky misfortune,
In “The Convergence of the Twain”, Thomas Hardy uses the prevalent isolation, indifference, and lack of foresight to convey that pride and vanity ultimately lead to ruin.
Hardy uses the Titanic and Iceberg as a specific man versus nature conflict in order to
Each stanza within the poem is comprised of three lines. Within each of those stanzas, the line length increases, thus creating the image of an iceberg. This parallels the message of the poem, which is that the crash between the iceberg and the Titanic was inevitable. Similar to how the …show more content…
The divide between nature and man is introduced in line two, “deep from human vanity”. This line gives the setting of the poem as the depths of the ocean. This line also
Hardy gives a powerful message, that although man put so much work and effort into building the titanic, the ship was still overtaken by one construction of nature.
There is a shift between the fifth and sixth stanza. The question, “What does this vaingloriousness down here?” is posed in the fifth stanza. This question summaries the first five stanzas, which all project the uselessness of the material things in the sea. Hardy uses diction such as “grotesque”, “slimed”, “dumb”, and “indifferent” to describe how the sea creatures view the fallen treasures from the Titanic. This answer to the question is given in the sixth stanza with the line, “the Immanent Will that stirs and urges everything”.
This line is also the first correspondence to the title, giving a proposed reasoning to the Titanic and the Iceberg colliding.
Ignoring the fact that the poem is about the Titanic, “The Convergence of the Twain” is still quite relevant to the constant man versus nature conflict in