Emily Dickinson Fulfilment

How do the texts you have studied explore confronting aspects of the human condition?

Encapsulated within the human condition, is the universal awareness of inevitable death, whereby the fear of death challenges individuals psychologically and emotionally to consequently instigate the aspiration for a purposeful life. Thus, the desire to discover purpose and achieve fulfilment in life, resultant of the distress of eventual death, compels individuals to find meaning through the enhancement of genuine affiliations with others and the surroundings and achieve self-actualisation through spiritual enlightenment. This trepidation of imminent death, resonates powerfully within the Selected Poetry of Emily Dickinson, and Brené Browne’s speech on …show more content…
This sense of fulfilment in life that reflects her calmness towards death is epitomised by the paradoxical untroubled tone to convey the morbid message that life is for naught as death prevails all aspects of existence, whereby the untroubled tone of the speaker reflects the fulfilment that has occurred as the speaker has found a sense of connection with people. Furthermore, the illustration of comfort and and fulfilment consequent of the bond with others is depicted through the poetic structure, whereby the use of first person singular in “ I died for beauty” becomes inclusive first person plural in “We talked between rooms”, to demonstrate the essentiality of human associations, as the sense of belonging allows individuals to have comfortability with death as their lives are fulfilled. Likewise, “I had been hungry all these years” illustrates the importance of the connection with nature, through the paradoxical biblical allusions of “The curious wine” and “ample bread”, within a poem with secular motives, expressing the lack of belonging to institutionalised religion and the innate sense of belonging with nature, to reflect how genuine relationships are pivotal in …show more content…
In light of this, the dissipation of the fear of death is portrayed by Dickinson within “I had been hungry all these years”,whereby the speaker expresses the importance of natural connections by demonstrating the innate ability to have genuine affiliations through spiritual enlightenment, as her self-actualisation clarifies her ambivalence towards institutionalised religion and helps develop a sense of belonging to nature. The intrinsic ability to form a sense of companionship towards nature and prompt the self-fulfilment that reduces the fear of death through spiritual awakenings, is conveyed through the ubiquity of allusions to nature, in particular, the metaphor of being in “Nature’s dining room” - ultimately expressing the bond with nature through the speaker’s acceptance of transcendental ideology and rejection of Christian faith Provided this, the illustration of her self-actualisation through a spiritual connection with nature, rather than an institutionalised religious connection controlled by the society, exhibits how self-fulfilment dissipates the fears of death, while futile conformity does not. Additionally, Dickinson is able to depict her moment of self actualisation through her stanza structure, for which the