Siren Song Theme

Within the alluring propensities of man, Margaret Atwood emphasizes the menace of displaying acquiescence to pleasure in “Siren Song”. In implication of “The Odyssey”, the sirens that entice fellow sailors sings a song of indulgence; only to brutally murder their victims once they succumb to desire. Furthermore, the “irresistible” force connotes to the resentment of existence in favor of stoicism.(3). Idealistically, the ambition to surpass ”the beached skulls” beyond the realm of existentialism; reaching the sirens, is detrimental to accepting the flaws and faults life has to offer. (6). Instead, using the stoic idea of embracing folly, utilizes the siren as a distant escape or “a cry for help”. (22). The torment of the seemingly …show more content…
Theme: The own morality of incumbent parts initially inundate periodically in individualistic terms.
Tying Theme to Allusion: Upon given circumstances, death is mystifying as infallible upon belief or perspection. In Musgrave’s “On the Inevitable Decline into Mediocrity of the Popular Musician Who Attains a Comfortable Middle Age”, the speaker in terms of serenity in death's indiscriminate power mocks it. The abstract presence of the title containing more content than the poem reiterates its unorthodox doctrine of fear. Ideally within the linear representation of the seven stages of grief , testing and acceptance upon the metaphysical behalf connotes to the relationship of “incorruption” and “immortality” reflecting off of Corinth. (English Standard Version, First Corinthians. 15.54-55). The profligacy of youth is also referred in “Hamlet” as depicted in an impatient tone of utter madness. The different biblical versions provide varying context and inferences; however the sentiment of overcoming by directly refusing Hades’s or infidelity provides the key to immortality via enlightenment. No material items are needed as to live a content life is to understand existence thus appreciating the path into the