Stew’d in Corruption
In the development of novels, as authors are piecing a work together, they leave big hints or key text to help reveal information that adds to the overall understanding and meaning of the story. Key text also helps in the revelation of themes, as it provides insight on the theme, and is the primary method by which themes are developed. In Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World,” the passage “Nay, but to live in the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, Stew’d in corruption, honeying and making love, Over the nasty sty…” a section of key text that incorporates allusion to other literary works to illustrate and delineate a theme that knowledge and experience cause difference in social order between two societies. One society values efficiency, …show more content…
Huxley is an expert at this, especially when it comes to his sense of developing Shakespearean ideas into his own. The primary effect of the key passage of text stated above, is that it creates the connection that Huxley makes to Shakespeare throughout his work. This chunk of key text reveals allusion to Hamlet. This allusion, once broken down past its denotative meaning, explains a lot about the character John and the society that he lives in. When looking into the quote and where it comes from, the placement of this allusion becomes ever more apparent. Hamlet recites the lines “Nay but to live in the rank sweat…” as he addresses his mother, Queen Gertrude . He is not only appalled, but disgusted with his mother, and particularly her actions involving sexuality. Once this connection is made, it is apparent that Huxley is sending a message about John, for he is the one reciting the same lines in the context of “Brave New World”. John, as a savage, has not been conditioned to society the way nearly all people are, so his mind is “free” and able to roam …show more content…
Although written in the 1930s, the creation of the futuristic society is very warning of a world that values efficiency and order over the natural human experience. He does so by creating a group of outcasts, or people who are not able to function in the strict expectations of society. These outcasts think, feel, and act in completely different ways than the conditioned members of the corrupt society. Huxley could have alluded to a great number of historical works, but he intentional brought in Shakespeare as its poetic nature is extremely contradictory to the new world society. This allusion to Hamlet that is found in the key text is one of the first instances in which it is clearly established that Shakespeare is a large part of the novel, and the overall meaning of it. Reading, and literature in terms of “Brave New World” is associated with a society that is more comparable to modern societies. Modern societies encourage learning growth, and use marriage as a functioning
In the development of novels, as authors are piecing a work together, they leave big hints or key text to help reveal information that adds to the overall understanding and meaning of the story. Key text also helps in the revelation of themes, as it provides insight on the theme, and is the primary method by which themes are developed. In Aldous Huxley’s “Brave New World,” the passage “Nay, but to live in the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, Stew’d in corruption, honeying and making love, Over the nasty sty…” a section of key text that incorporates allusion to other literary works to illustrate and delineate a theme that knowledge and experience cause difference in social order between two societies. One society values efficiency, …show more content…
Huxley is an expert at this, especially when it comes to his sense of developing Shakespearean ideas into his own. The primary effect of the key passage of text stated above, is that it creates the connection that Huxley makes to Shakespeare throughout his work. This chunk of key text reveals allusion to Hamlet. This allusion, once broken down past its denotative meaning, explains a lot about the character John and the society that he lives in. When looking into the quote and where it comes from, the placement of this allusion becomes ever more apparent. Hamlet recites the lines “Nay but to live in the rank sweat…” as he addresses his mother, Queen Gertrude . He is not only appalled, but disgusted with his mother, and particularly her actions involving sexuality. Once this connection is made, it is apparent that Huxley is sending a message about John, for he is the one reciting the same lines in the context of “Brave New World”. John, as a savage, has not been conditioned to society the way nearly all people are, so his mind is “free” and able to roam …show more content…
Although written in the 1930s, the creation of the futuristic society is very warning of a world that values efficiency and order over the natural human experience. He does so by creating a group of outcasts, or people who are not able to function in the strict expectations of society. These outcasts think, feel, and act in completely different ways than the conditioned members of the corrupt society. Huxley could have alluded to a great number of historical works, but he intentional brought in Shakespeare as its poetic nature is extremely contradictory to the new world society. This allusion to Hamlet that is found in the key text is one of the first instances in which it is clearly established that Shakespeare is a large part of the novel, and the overall meaning of it. Reading, and literature in terms of “Brave New World” is associated with a society that is more comparable to modern societies. Modern societies encourage learning growth, and use marriage as a functioning