Let's Get Down To Business By Wh Auden Meaning

Let's Get Down To Business
(Three Messages From Musee De Beaux Arts)

There is a greek mythological story about Daedalus and his son Icarus. Both father and son were imprisoned in a really tall tower. The father, being a skillful craftsmen wanted to escape from the prison. John Menil from Greeka.com states, “He was accredited as the finest artificer ever, with a sharp and clever mind.” He really was incredibly smart. He built a full set of working wings out of what he found in his prison. He let his son use them first and escape first. The father only told Icarus one thing about the wings, “Don’t fly too close to the sun, the wax will melt on the wings and they will fail.” Icarus being the neive son doesn’t listen, and flies too close to the sun. The wax melts, the wings break, and he falls. This story is extremely famous, and there is a painting of it in the Museum Of Beautiful Arts. W. H. Auden uses this painting as his inspiration for a magnificent poem. In the poem Musee De Beaux Arts, Auden illustrates three distinct messages. The first message from the poem Musee De Beaux Arts by W. H.

H. Auden, the second message is suffering. One the face of every character in the painting, there is a distinct look of suffering, especially young Icarus who just fell in the pond. Auden is trying to say that every person suffers, it just depends on how bad. In the poem on page 1177 line 3, “Its human position: how it takes place.” Auden says it is human nature to suffer, not only is natural, but it is a necessity to suffer. Scott T Allison Ph.D. from Psychology Today states, “Suffering and sacrifice offer profound gains, advantages, and opportunities to those open to such boons.” Doctor Allison states that suffering is an incredible opportunity to gain. It just takes the will to do so. Auden is expressing the same thought. It is clear that W. H. Auden thinks that suffering is a necessity and it can be used for the sufferers