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Silak12 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
It's a vision that...?
Hi! everyone.
Could you rephrase the coloured sentences to help me understand?
It's a vision that, in his religious poems, leads him to strip away centuries of myth-making to present Adam and Eve or the Virgin Mary as ordinary people, with the flaws and worries we'd all have, given their out-of-the-ordinary circumstances.
What does vision mean here?
Thanks!
Could you rephrase the coloured sentences to help me understand?
It's a vision that, in his religious poems, leads him to strip away centuries of myth-making to present Adam and Eve or the Virgin Mary as ordinary people, with the flaws and worries we'd all have, given their out-of-the-ordinary circumstances.
What does vision mean here?
Thanks!
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silak12 What does vision mean here? " given their out-of-the-ordinary circumstances. According to the Christian Bible, Adam and Eve, and the Virgin Mary had to deal with some rather unusual circumstances .
- silak12 What does vision mean here?
- " given their out-of-the-ordinary circumstances.
- According to the Christian Bible, Adam and Eve, and the Virgin Mary had to deal with some rather unusual circumstances .
- If we were in their shoes (hmmm, I don't think Adam and Eve wore shoes), we'd very likely develop some character flaws and some worries.
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silak12What does vision mean here?In order to determine that, you'd really need to include a bit of prior context, indicating the antecedent of "it," in "It's a vision."
given their out-of-the-ordinary circumstances.
According to the Christian Bible, Adam and Eve, and the Virgin Mary had to deal wi
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AvangiIf we were in their shoes (hmmm, I don't think Adam and Eve wore shoes)
I understand
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Right.
"in his religious poems" interrupts the sentence like a hiccup. (This is allowed, by the way.)
But I'm still wondering, what is the vision?
Is it the obsession which compelled him to write the poems?
"in his religious poems" interrupts the sentence like a hiccup. (This is allowed, by the way.)
But I'm still wondering, what is the vision?
Is it the obsession which compelled him to write the poems?
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The context-
From his vantage point of outsider, Enright cast a wry and witty eye over the post-colonial societies he found himself in. He is alert to the ludicrous corruption of "officialese", whether it's an interview panel's misinterpretation of "economical" as applied to poetry ('Board of Selection') or the capitalist jargon of 'Warnings, warnings!'. In his best work this sceptical
From his vantage point of outsider, Enright cast a wry and witty eye over the post-colonial societies he found himself in. He is alert to the ludicrous corruption of "officialese", whether it's an interview panel's misinterpretation of "economical" as applied to poetry ('Board of Selection') or the capitalist jargon of 'Warnings, warnings!'. In his best work this sceptical
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Thanks for the context, silak.
Based on this, I think "a vision" equals "an insight."
(He possesses a type of vision/insight which allows him to grasp what's really going on.)
"A vision" often means "a dream," in the figurative sense. That is, a person aspires to do great things. He imagines these things as someday being a reality.
But I don't think
Based on this, I think "a vision" equals "an insight."
(He possesses a type of vision/insight which allows him to grasp what's really going on.)
"A vision" often means "a dream," in the figurative sense. That is, a person aspires to do great things. He imagines these things as someday being a reality.
But I don't think
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