'John Donne\r'

'Ideas and themes change according to the several(predicate) condemnations and the historical, social, cultural and personal setting of the time they be written In, with the texts each conjectureing or contrasting the Ideas of that time. devastation and conclusion rate and the spectral and emotional ties ar themes that energise evolved over time due to the antithetic contexts. These themes argon thematically central to stick-on Donnas poetry written In the seventeenth century and Margaret Doses twentieth century monkey W;t. During the 1 7th Century, pietism, p wileicularly Christianity, permeated all aspects of society.Donnas Death be not proud and Hymen to God my God, in my Sickness job his Christian public opinion that the material body was a working(prenominal) vessel for the souls Journey and hence destruction was not approximatelything to be feared. In his beatified Sonnet, Death be not proud, through with(predicate) with(p) patronizes stopping point , and attempts to dispel the fears associated with final stage, reflecting the influence of his personal and historical contexts on his poetry. Donnas immediate use of the imperative, ‘Death be not proud, though some have called thee mighty and dreadfully, for, thou art not expose, be midgets the existence of death by creating a condesc hold backing tone.Moreover by personifying death and then directly addressing It, do demeans deaths superpower saying that Its zipper but an residuum result to fate and chance. To further in good order death, through uses a metaphor to correspond death to rest and sleep, robbing It of Its power. In contrast, Doses W;t portrays a society in which the concept of a universal religion no longer exists, instead knowledge was the savior. As a result death is seen as the final and absolute end in a context influenced by the existential fear of fatality rate and death which was prominent in previous(a) 20th century society.Doses main character Viands never-ending attachment to the IV pole symbolizes the moderne medical science world. Vivian describes herself as, ‘ but the specimen, Just the dust Jacket, Just the white tag on of paper. The repetition of ‘Just the and the objectification of Vivian through those descriptions reflect that life and body are viewed scientifically, as an observable phenomenon, capable of study. Academia and science are hence represented as having Increasing Importance, thus creating an environment where mortality is increasingly feared.In Hymen to God my God, in my Sickness the Hessians who attend to the speaker, much care the Code team who attend to Vivian, are concerned with merely the material body. Done uses an extended conceit to compare the dying(p) speaker to a map, suggesting that â€Å"west and eastbound in all flat maps are one” highlighting that West where the lie sets, is in reality connected to the â€Å"Resurrection” in the east, where the sun rise s. He questions the reality of death victimization a rhetorical questions; â€Å"what shall my west cut me? ” showing his clear confidence in life after death.In a corresponding manner, the concluding opinions off;t desperate a resemblance to the notion put forward-moving by Done, where theatrically ‘a frenzy takes over as the Code Team attempt to resuscitate Vivian, perceiving the survival of her sensual body as the most significant task. This flurried obsession with her material body Is juxtaposed with Viands ‘slow and graceful walk towards ‘a little light showing her acceptance that death is â€Å"nothing but a breath †a comma †separates the shedding of her material fears, Vivian embodies Donnas exposition of death in this is my turnings last scene when he walks away from his soul, leaving his sins Enid.The seventeenth Century Renaissance era fixed greater importance on the world need for spiritual and emotional connections than the late 20th Century did. This notion is back up in Donnas A Valediction: sinister Mourning in which emotional connections are all encompassing and contain a spiritual element. Here the speaker puts forward the idea that their love is beyond the scientifically rational and can withstand animal(prenominal) separation through the use of scientific imagery such as, trepidation of the spheres… Is innocent.Furthermore Done uses a metaphysical enceinte by portraying the idealized love amid the twain as a compass, with the lovers representing the two end points. The speakers faith in the spiritual connection between the lovers is revealed as he believes that their emotional connection cannot be thinned by the metaphoric separation of the destination of the compass, When the other far doth Rome, It leans, and hearkens after it. Alternatively, W;t portrays a society, whose individuals through encyclopedism and intellect, can become increasingly isolate and as a result neglect e motional and spiritual connections.The medical professionals, Jason and Kelvin, repeatedly voice empty platitudes such as ‘how are you feeling today? In a procedure known as a clinical. The clinical, which is supposed to establish a connection between doctor and patient, has fundamentally become a meaningless ritual, representing the lack of concern for emotional and spiritual connection in the late 20th century. Thus, through John Donnas poetry, written in the seventeenth Century and Margaret Doses 20th Century play W;t, we are able to see how texts written in different time and context can either reflect or contrast the ideas of that time.\r\n'