Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Who Ate The Apple?

In Hughes' poem, Theology, he tells of the biblical story of Adam and Eve. In his depiction, the serpent did not seduce Eve into taking part of the apple, but instead Adam ate the apple. After this Eve and Adam and the serpent ate Eve. I find this very comical because the story of Adam and Eve in the bible was the total opposite of what Hughes states here. "The dark intestine" to me is a way of revealing the so-called "dark" but "hidden" truth. It seems as if he is either making fun of the biblical story of Adam and Eve or he simply knows the real truth behind the story. He states, "the serpent sleeps his meal off in paradise/smiling to hear God's querulous calling," which I find to be very funny in a way because it seems as if the evil doing of the serpent comes without a consequence from God which we all know is an "all knowing" and "all powerful" God. God always knows what is going to happen before it happens and he is always strong no matter what from what the bible says, but what happens if God suddenly does not know what happens in the future or does not have the power to stop evil? It seems that God is being seen as a coward by his "querulous calling" and that evil is overcoming good, which seems surreal to me. God always stomps over the devil, but in this case maybe Hughes is trying to say that the truth might not always be revealed as a pretty picture at first, but once depicted the truth will always come to light.

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