nature in "Sons and Lovers"?
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Look at the passages of cultivated nature in the gardens, and the wilder untamed nature. See the contrast of nature to its industrial backdrop -Walter's mining. Is mining natural or unnatural?
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The two writers, who are approximately of the same period, write in a very special way. They are called Naturalists. They Describe their character as they are, they do not try to make them look better to the eyes of the reader. Usually, for both writers, the protagonists come from disadvantaged background and are not to improve socially - although they actually do. Life is often - if not laways- portrayed as hard and doomed. The stories take place in an industrial and poor background. Life is unfair and is full of misery for both writers.
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Supernatural, metaphysical and what not...I think people have different reasons for believing them but my gut feeling is that nature is so incredibly amazing and beautiful (like you said) that it surpasses the worldliness that we are saturated in in these times; thus, one cannot help but be moved by something so deep, so profound and so fundamental in nature that one may be inclined to seek the source of this beauty.  I think that's where people look towards that which is beyond our corporeal borders and the limits of scientific explanation for what we feel is sometimes so strong that we know there isn't always an explanation for it...but those are just my opinions...\n\nGood question.
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He ought to try reading Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul  by John Eldredge.\n\nFrom the review:\nIf Christian men are going to change from a pitiful, wimpy bunch of "really nice guys" to men who are made in the image of God, they must reexamine their preconceptions about who God is and recover their true "wild" hearts, writes bestselling author John Eldredge in Wild at Heart: Discovering a Life of Passion, Freedom, and Adventure. Eldredge throws down the gauntlet--men are bored; they fear risk, they refuse to pay attention to their deepest desires. He challenges Christian men to return to authentic masculinity without resorting to a "macho man" mentality. Men often seek validation in venues such as work, or in the conquest of women, Eldredge observes. He urges men to take time out and come to grips with the "secret longings" of their hearts. Although the book succeeds best in its slant toward a male audience, it also strives to help women understand the implications of authentic masculinity in their relationships with men. Eldredge frames the book around his outdoor experiences and appealing anecdotes about his family, sprinkling the text with touches of humor and overlying everything with heartfelt passion.
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Both are set in dystopian socities in which sexuality is rigidly regulated. That is the most obvious parallell.\n\nBoth have been made into films. That might be the easiest\nway to compare the two.
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i think a male animal's nature is geared towards Reproducing his offspring...  and so, he is Physically and Visually stimulated.  a female animal's nature is geared towards Bearing and Nurturing offspring, and so must be emotionally stimulated to continue taking care of a child after birth.  \n\nas humans, we have extra steps:  we have a brain, to interpret, understand, appreciate, and decide what we "should" or "shouldn't" do... .it's not like animals who just mate when they are in heat and have children, and move on to the next mate.  we actually have social responsibilities, family duties, Respect, Committment, Trust, Marriage, etc etc.....  there are rules and regulations, punishments for wrong, etc.  \n\nthat is why i believe it is partly a woman's job to help "nudge" the man into learning how to become more Emotionally mature... if it was up to the man himself, most likely than not he won't choose to nurture that ability. but a woman can help him to see what is and is not "sensitive", and perhaps things he can refine so that a relationship can work.  that is why men, who are physically and visually stimulated by a Beautiful woman, will buy chocolates, open the door for her, etc.... and a woman will marry him, have his children, raise them, support him, and they will work Together as a team to continue doing what is Good and Healthy for the family.  so it seems that Men and Women have different roles and ways of interpreting what a relationship is about, but in the end they become ONE to forge the ultimate union, a family. :)
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If your serious?. There is a place in genisis that tells of the sons of god being with the daughters of man and creating a race of giants... but for the most part i dont think they reproduce.
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In the novel as well as in the drama, it is human nature and human action that we see. The difference between these sorts of fiction lies not merely in their outward form; not merely in the circumstance that the personages of the one are made to speak, while those of the other have commonly their history narrated. Unfortunately many dramas are but novels, which proceed by dialogue; and it would not be impossible to write a drama in the shape of letters\nhttp://www.bartleby.com/314/507.html
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Yes. I think the relationships would have worked regardless of the men's transient characters. The women were so much in love with their men they would have traveled anywhere with them.
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Basic Story:\nSome say there are two Eroses, the elder who is the early god, and the other who is the eternally young son of Aphrodite. The "elder" Eros was the cause of the birth of the race of immortal gods and goddesses. The "younger" Eros is the one depicted as a winged boy, the son of Aphrodite, considered to be both the most beautiful and the youngest of the gods. \nBut even in this form, kids grown up. Problems ensue when Eros (called Cupid in this story) falls in love with Psyche. His radiance is such that for her own safety, he insists that she must never look upon his face, and he only visits her at night. At first, she's cool with this, but her sisters and family insist that her husband must be a grotesque and dangerous monster. Finally, to shut them up, one night she lights a lamp and sees his glorious beauty, which doesn't blast her but does make her tremble so hard she shakes the lamp. A few drops of hot oil dribble on her beloved, burning him, and he flies away from her in physical pain compounded by the pain of knowing she doubted him. \nHis mom, Aphrodite, is angry over the injury and over the concealed relationship. While Cupid recovers, Aphrodite hopes to get Psyche out of the way permanently by making life extraordinarily difficult for her daughter-in-law. This takes the form of various potentially deadly tasks such as dropping by to get some beauty lotion from Persephone in the Underworld, and, while you're out, Psyche, could you pick up some bottled water from the River of the Dead (the Styx)? \nBut Cupid eventually recovers, comes to her rescue, and they marry. As is appropriate, the God of Love gets a happy-ever-after. \nSome Major Temple Sites:\nHe had a sanctuary on Mount Helion
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nature = genetics\nnurture = upbringing/social influences\nFrankenstein's monster would be a combo - his was built by man so you know that there would be some problems but then societies reaction to him because he was different also affected him
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Men physically\nWomen emotionally
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Definitely love.  If you have ever read the book, The Giver by Lois Lowry, then u should understand.  If you have not read the book, it about a community where everything is in black and white, and there are no real feelings such as the forementioned.  All they feel is minor pain, which is immediately extinguished by "relief of pain pils" and happiness, which is not really that strong.  They kill people, calling it "release", and they don't even realize what they are doing.  After reading this book, I realized that the strongest emotion you could ever experience is LOVE.  the main character, Jonas, is shown through "memories", which are like virtual video clips that you can play in your head (kind of complicated, so i won't go into it) deep emotions such as pain, hunger, sadness, anger, grief, and love.  He realizes what he is missing out on and goes out in search of a better place, letting out the "memories" and spreading them out to the community.  This forces everyone to know how the world used to be, and helps them to face the real life, as well as enlightens them with the feelings of love and happiness.\n\nmy answer is LOVE.
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Yep. They're good. My favorite sons is Fantasy, though Fallen is also good. If You will get wrapped up in the words from the song, then can be realized the message that they send out. We, our selves, draw the parallel from our life to it, and VOILA, there is that something that bonds You with it!
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You can't just say what a meadow represents...you have to use the book and relate it to other things. It's like saying that white always represents purity and innocence. It doesn't. \n\nBut I'll give it a try anyway. It's a blank field in the winter, but every spring, it fills to the brim with beautiful flowers. It could be the cycle of life.\n\nOn the other hand, you could consider it plain, as in, no trees, therefore it's emptiness. See what I mean? You can't just tell.
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frost's preoccupation with inner and outer weather is reflected in the emptiness and loneliness of the winter scene around him. we see the contrast between the stereotypical "desert", usually associated with extreme heat, and the man who is toiling with his own extremely troubled inner desert. \nThe question, "who is frost referring to when he uses "they cannot scare me with their empty spaces"." frost is personifying the barren landscape surrounding him, which one could refer to as mother nature. the classical elements (earth, wind e.t.c), as a collective could be seen as the combined force, "they", that is trying in a sense to scare him, but to no avail. This indignant cry of refusal to recognise the power of the natural elements, is similar to the statement King Lear (shakespeare) makes when "the storm is upon him". He shouts to the heavens "Pour on foul weather", signifying that the weather that "the heavens" provide is minor compared to that of the weather inside his heart. So, does that answer your inquiry?
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I am familiar with him, and I studied his plays.  \n\nThe poem was new to me, but it is short so I have an inkling what Mr. Williams may have been thinking.\n\nSome people believe that a soul that has never been born resides is a perfect place, perhaps even Heaven.  The Heavenly Grass is TWs metaphor for that place.  I think he mentions both day and night in the first half to show that he had completed a "cycle."  That he was ready to be born.  \n\nAnother possibility is the Heavenly Grass is his mother's womb.  He completed the cycle of growing, and then he was ready to be born.\n\nSo in the next part is his birth, and then he travels the earth.\n\nAt the end he admits that he misses what was before.  Whether it is Heaven or his mother's womb, it was a simpler and safer time for him.  He repeats himself for emphasis.