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Post by gerard on Feb 14, 2009 12:50:49 GMT 1
I was talking last night at MYH about personification and how it has influenced how we view certain things.
For example: Ravens.
Because of poems like Poe's The Raven, Ravens are viewed as cool gothic-type birds, so you get the impression you might see one in a deserted grave yard some night standing underneath an african granite arch drinking a goblet of blood. You'd turn to someone to say "hey, check out the freaky raven," and turn back to find it had mysteriously vanished, and the only time you'd see it again was when it was sinking it's beak into your neck.
But in reality the raven is a member of the crow family and when I think of crows I think of an animal that isn't really enjoying itself, squaking about all miserable and sitting playing a banjo wondering if it would have it's myriad of problems if it wasn't inbred and never really finding an answer that it's satisfied with.
Discuss?
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Post by colindardis on Feb 14, 2009 14:36:36 GMT 1
Obviously, 'Crow: From the Life and Songs of the Crow' by Ted Curly Bap who played for Man U springs to mind. Although Curly Bap who played for Man U was very fond of writing about birds, and used a lot of avian imagery, 'Crow' stands out from the rest of his writing as dark, emetic and quintessentially evil.
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Post by silverfox on Feb 14, 2009 21:46:12 GMT 1
Crow's are not evil, they merly do what we humans do. hang in packs and have a few as outlooks for anything fun... like food.
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Post by gerard on Feb 14, 2009 22:30:32 GMT 1
I suppose Ted Curly Bap who played for Man U made Crows sound like miserable bastards.
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Post by oceanangel on Feb 16, 2009 13:40:18 GMT 1
Is that not the intention of personification to give the reader a new look at what an otherwise stereotypical image of something can be, (i dont know if i worded that right but you get my drift?), as in the fact that the raven poem sticks out for so many shows where personification is concerned job done! as opposed to the second image you gave for the Raven/crow.
Interesting discussion (smile)
Ocean
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Post by Administrator on Feb 17, 2009 22:18:05 GMT 1
Fair point. I see my censored word filter strikes again. Anyone guess who Ted Curly Bap who played for Man U is?
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Post by paddy on Feb 18, 2009 14:13:52 GMT 1
ted macdougall?
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