Life and Death

Life and Death

1. William Blake- London

   • "And blights with plagues that Marriage hearse"
     • Oxymoronic- linking marriage (love) to funeral (death)
       • Love lost in the rotten world
       • Is marriage the end of your life?
     • The "marriage hearse" is a vehicle in which love and desire combine with death and distruction
     • Blake talks about love as a negative thing that leads you to death

2. Sylvia Plath- Letter in November

   • "Love, the world Suddenly turns, turns color."
     • Love has metaphorically changed the colour of Sylvia's world
       • If you can see in colour it suggests you can see more clearly and connotes Plath could possibly see a new purpose in life
     • Suggests the change in Sylvia's perspective has been positive
     • Plath talks about the positive impact of love on her life