Question

Crirical appreciation of the poem The Pulley

Answer 1

Hey frnd... ur answer..  ⬇⬇⬇⬇   In this poem, the fusion of the classical and the Christian add richness and dimension to the poem's guiding metaphysical conceit, which is a pulley that draws man slowly toward God.  Pulleys and hoists are mechanical devices aimed at assisting us with moving heavy loads through a system of ropes and wheels (pulleys) to gain advantage. We should not be surprised at the use of a pulley as a central conceit since the domain of physics and imagery from that discipline would have felt quite comfortable to most of the metaphysical poets.   In the poem, the central idea posited by Herbert is that when God made man, he poured all his blessings on him, including strength, beauty, wisdom, honor and pleasure. However, as in Pandora's box, one element remained. We are told that God "made a stay," that is, He kept "Rest in the bottome." We might, in modern parlance, call this God's ace. God is aware that if He were to bestow this "jewel" (i.e. rest) on Man as well then Man would adore God's gifts instead of God Himself. God has withheld the gift of rest from man knowing fully well that His other treasures would one day result in a spiritual restlessness and fatigue in man who, having tired of His material gifts, would necessarily turn to God in his exhaustion. God, being omniscient and prescient, knows that there is the possibility that even the wicked might not turn to Him, but He knows that eventually mortal man is prone to lethargy; his lassitude, then, would be the leverage He needed to toss man to His breast. In the context of the mechanical operation of a pulley, the kind of leverage and force applied makes the difference for the weight being lifted. Applied to man in this poem, we can say that the withholding of Rest by God is the leverage that will hoist or draw mankind towards God when other means would make that task difficult. However, in the first line of the last stanza, Herbert puns on the word "rest" suggesting that perhaps God will, after all, let man "keep the rest," but such a reading would seem to diminish the force behind the poem's conceit.  The importance of rest -and, by association, sleep- is an idea that was certainly uppermost in the minds of Renaissance writers. Many of Shakespeare's plays include references to sleep or the lack of it as a punishment for sins committed. In Macbeth, for example, the central protagonist is said to "lack the season of all natures, sleep" and both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth are tormented by the lack of sleep. Even Othello is most disconcerted by the fact that he is unable to sleep peacefully once Iago has poisoned him with the possibility of his wife's infidelity with Cassio.  HOPE IT WILL HELP.. PLZ MARK AS BRAINLIEST☺  

Answer 2

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ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʟʟᴇʏ ʙʏ ɢᴇᴏʀɢᴇ ʜᴇʀʙᴇʀᴛ ɪs ᴀ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏᴜs, ᴍᴇᴛᴀᴘʜʏsɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀs ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ‘ᴘᴜʟʟᴇʏ’ ᴀs ᴀ ᴘʀɪᴍᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ. ʜᴇʀʙᴇʀᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛs ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴠᴇɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡʜʏ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ʙᴇɪɴɢs ᴀʀᴇ sᴏ ʀᴇsᴛʟᴇss ᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴsᴀᴛɪsғʏɪɴɢ ᴅᴇsᴘɪᴛᴇ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ʜᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛs.

ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʟʟᴇʏ ʙʏ ɢᴇᴏʀɢᴇ ʜᴇʀʙᴇʀᴛ ɪs ᴀ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏᴜs, ᴍᴇᴛᴀᴘʜʏsɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴄᴇɴᴛᴇʀs ᴏɴ ᴛʜᴇ ‘ᴘᴜʟʟᴇʏ’ ᴀs ᴀ ᴘʀɪᴍᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ. ʜᴇʀʙᴇʀᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛs ᴛᴏ ᴜɴᴠᴇɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡʜʏ ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ ʙᴇɪɴɢs ᴀʀᴇ sᴏ ʀᴇsᴛʟᴇss ᴀɴᴅ ᴜɴsᴀᴛɪsғʏɪɴɢ ᴅᴇsᴘɪᴛᴇ ʜᴀᴠɪɴɢ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜɪɴɢs ʜᴇ ᴡᴀɴᴛs.ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴛʟᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʟʟᴇʏ ɪs ᴀ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴄᴀʀʀɪᴇs ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴇᴍ. ɪɴ ᴘᴜʟʟᴇʏ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴄʜᴀɴɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛ ᴏғ ᴠɪᴇᴡ ᴛᴏ ᴏᴘᴇʀᴀᴛᴇ ɪᴛ ᴀ ᴋɪɴᴅ ᴏғ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴀɴᴅ ғᴏʀᴄᴇ ʜᴀs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀᴘᴘʟɪᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴏɴᴇ ᴇɴᴅ ᴛᴏ ʟɪғᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ᴇɴᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ғᴏʀᴄᴇ ᴀᴘᴘʟɪᴇᴅ ᴍᴀᴋᴇs ᴀ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴇɪɢʜᴛ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ʙᴇɪɴɢ ʟɪғᴛᴇᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ‘ʀᴇsᴛ’ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɢᴏᴅ ᴋᴇᴇᴘs ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜɪᴍ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴇᴠᴇʀᴀɢᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴅʀᴀᴡs ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴀɴᴋɪɴᴅ ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅs ɢᴏᴅ. ᴛᴡᴏ ǫᴜɪᴛᴇ ᴅɪғғᴇʀᴇɴᴛ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛs ᴀʀᴇ ғᴏʀᴄᴇғᴜʟʟʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀʀᴇᴅ ʜᴇʀᴇ, ᴏɴᴇ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʀᴇ ᴘʜʏsɪᴄs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴘᴜʟʟᴇʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴜʀᴇ ʀᴇʟɪɢɪᴏɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪs ɢᴏᴅ. ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴsʜɪᴘ ᴏғ ᴍᴀɴ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴏᴅ ɪs ᴄᴏᴍᴘᴀʀᴇᴅ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴛᴀᴘʜᴏʀɪᴄᴀʟ ᴘᴜʟʟᴇʏ. ᴛᴏ ᴘᴜʟʟ ᴍᴀɴᴋɪɴᴅ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢᴏᴅ, ʙᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ʜɪs ᴏʀɪɢɪɴ, ɢᴏᴅ ᴋᴇᴇᴘs ᴍᴀɴ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ‘ʀᴇsᴛ.’ ᴛʜɪs ᴄᴀɴ ᴏɴʟʏ ʙᴇ ᴘᴏssɪʙʟᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴇᴛᴀᴘʜʏsɪᴄᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴄᴇɪᴛs. sᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴛʟᴇ ɪs ᴛʜᴇᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ.

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