1. Biblical Allusion
The Bible is a collective of books that teaches the beliefs of Christians and the ways of God. This holy book influences the way that people live their lives because God specifies through the commandments and the anecdotes in the Bible, the better way of living thus people wanting/changing their lifestyles to suit.
The quotation in the epigraph does not offer a sound model for a happy life because having a maid bear children for her employers does not sound like it would have a good effect on the household. Specifically, Rachel does not present a reasonable argument because everyone may not agree to what her proposal. If everyone agreed with her proposal then maybe the situation could be considered.
2. A Modest Proposal
Swift wrote this essay because he maybe wanted to show the stupidity of the people in the society he lived in. The Modest Proposal is said to be a satire which purpose is to create irony, sarcasm and ridicule. The fact that some people took to the idea about poor people fattening their children for their tables of the rich tells us that the Irish were in serious problems that they would consider such an act or that his society was not very educationally or financially wealthy.
3. Sufi Proverb
The Sufi proverb means that even though one is not told about something, common sense should be used first before doing that something. The underlying message is things should not be spelt out for someone instead the person should think about the situation.
Well Done.
ReplyDeleteGenerally sound analysis of the three epigraphs in isolation, what you need now is to bring this together with a speci#ulative conclusion about how each works together and what it suggests thematically and tonally about the novel and novellist.