1. Art in the Modern World
Both Thomas's "The Hunchback in the Park" and Auden's "Musee des Beaux Arts" send a clear message to the reader that art can exist in the modern world; however, for each poet, it exists in two entirely different manners. ... That is not the case in Auden's "Musee Des Beaux Arts." ... After close examination of the two poems, "Musee des Beaux Arts" and "The Hunchback in the Park", characteristics of each man's slanted view of how art can exist in the modern era leap at the reader, the most obvious of which relates to the idea of suffering in the modern world. ...
- Word Count: 1641
- Approx Pages: 7
- Grade Level: Undergraduate