יום שני, 17 בספטמבר 2012

count that day lost - Bridging

George Eliot was born in 1819 in Warwickshire, in Victorian England.  The Victorian age was characterized by huge gaps between the classes. Eliot was one of the leading writers of that age, who tried to minimize the gap between the classes.

That information completely changed my understanding of the poem. First, I thought that the poem was modern. I thought that by saying: 
 "brought the sunshine to one face" the writer meant  minor actions, like helping your brother clean the room or helping your mother cook dinner.

Now that I know the poem is very old and was written at a different era, I know that the poet didint relate too small actions. she meant that every day you need to help to improve the society and help the lower classes, who lived in extreme poverty at that time.

To conclude, the information changed my whole
 perspective about the poem, and helped me undrerstand that the poet meant different things than I thought she meant.


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Daphna