"the castle" by edwin Muir summary
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The Castle by Edwin Muir details a past event of a castle's overtaking through the account of a soldier who witnessed the castle's fall, firsthand. ... They only focused on the strength of their physical surroundings and what was beyond the castle, but betrayal from within caused the castle's fall.
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The Castle by Edwin Muir details a past event of a castle’s overtaking through the account of a soldier who witnessed the castle’s fall, firsthand. Through the six stanzas with a constant ABAAB rhyme scheme, the narrator builds an atmosphere of confidence within the castle before the invasion, one that would lead the reader to assume the soldiers who were at the castle never suspected that such a fall was possible. With the height of the castle and its fortifications, along with the nearness of “allies” to assist, there was never a doubt in the soldiers’ minds that their status was sure, not even when logic would have outweighed their rationale.
The cruel irony is one that mirrors life, in general, should a person decide their status is too grand for anything to tear them down, and that irony involves having the ingredients for personal downfall within. If a person never looks within, the faults that can be their doom go overlooked, and their reality could crumble while they gaze outward and pride themselves on their sureness.
This is precisely what happened with the soldiers of this castle. They only focused on the strength of their physical surroundings and what was beyond the castle, but betrayal from within caused the castle’s fall