Sunday, January 27, 2013

The Apparition / John Donne



“When by thy scorn, O murderess, I am dead, and that thou thinkst thee free” (Donne 889).  The man blames his death on his wife.  He has not died yet though.  He is thinking of warning her but realizes it would only save her from her deserved fate.  She sounds like a cheating woman.  She is not giving him any love.  After he is dead he plans on haunting her.  He claims she will soon marry someone else after his death.  She will think she is free but she will be uneasy as she sleeps because of him.  Her uneasiness will cause her to try and find comfort with her new husband but he will thin she is annoying and ignore her so shill will feel the same discomfort as he was caused by her.

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