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Individualism in Robert Frost’s Design
Author(s)
LI Rong
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DOI:10.17265/1539-8080/2018.04.004
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Chengdu Textile College, Chengdu, China
ABSTRACT
Robert Frost’s Design presents us a scene that a white spider is sitting on a white flower holding up a white moth. It seems that pessimism is hanging over and the poet is helplessly trapped in despair. However, influenced by Transcendentalism, this poem exemplifies Frost’s belief in “responsible individualism” and echoes a brave man’s optimism when challenged by the “design of darkness”. The literary interpretation of Design is going to reveal how we get such a conclusion.
KEYWORDS
Design, individualism, transcendentalism, literary interpretation
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