Donne’s “Holy Sonnets�
From sonnet 5, John Donne seems like he lives in conflict/misery after his separation from the Catholic Church to the Protestant church. He links his enlightenment to Protestantism to the finding of “new spheres� (6) of the scientific world. The Catholic Church’s view of science is heretical; thereby he links his action as heretical, thus he’s going to hell. To me, he seems sure that he is going to hell no matter which church he follows for his sin (his betrayal of the Catholic Church). Since both churches follow the same god, Jesus, so the betrayal of Catholic Jesus would translate to the betrayal of Protestant Jesus right? John Donne seems to think so by saying “black sin hath betrayed to endless night/My world’s both parts, and O, both parts must die� (3-4). Because if not, how can one God be both accepting to converters, while the other one anger by deserter. I mean, in the end, John Donne is still worshiping the same man/god.
*I don’t know much about the differences between Protestantism and Catholicism, so I hope this reading isn’t way off the ball field ^_^
Question: Does anyone here feel that the reading for Monday is too much? I feel like I’m plowing through the poems instead of savoring or even taking time to understand it just so I could have the readings done for class.
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To respond to your question Linh, I do feel that I am trying as quickly as possibly to get the reading done and then I am not even sure of what I read. I tend to like to savor the readings so I can really take them in and understand them, and I think since we are getting into some heavier readings it is just going to be like this for the rest of the class. Personally I even feel Paradise Lost is something that would take me a few readings to even comprehend let alone ponder over, since it is so intricate. But since this is a summer class, I guess we have to realize there is only so much time to savor, and the rest we just have to cram all the information in!!
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