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Question
Write a short note on how W. H. Auden’s Musee des Beaux Arts portrays human suffering.
Solution
- Auden reflects on the paintings by these masters, noting their keen understanding and depiction of human suffering.
- This painting by Breughel depicts the biblical event amidst a bustling village, emphasizing the indifference of everyday life to significant events. Central to Auden’s poem, it illustrates Icarus’s fall, almost unnoticed, into the sea.
- The Old Masters captured the world's apathy toward individual suffering. Their works often show mundane activities continuing despite the presence of pain or tragedy. Examples in the paintings include people eating, opening windows, walking, or children playing.
- In "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," Icarus’s fall into the sea is a minor detail, with the ploughman, sun, and ship carrying on as usual.
- Auden uses these paintings to convey a profound message about the human condition – that suffering is an integral part of life but is frequently ignored by those not directly affected.
- This theme is universal, reflecting the disconnect between individual pain and collective awareness or action.
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