What do fire and ice in the poem symbolise how are they interlinked plzzz give explanation
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In Robert Frost’s “Fire and Ice,” fire represents desire and ice hatred. “Fire and Ice” is predicting the end of the world; fire and ice being the two vices in which the speaker discusses could possibly lead to the end of our existence. The speaker is able to generalize that the world will end in either desire or hatred and still be accurate as desire and hatred are expansive emotions, with many acts that can committed under them. One could say that any act of destruction or violence could be done under desire or hatred, so the two emotions are probable ends to the world.
Fire is a symbol for desire as the speaker agrees with those who say that fire will end the world by speaking: “From what I’ve tasted of desire/I hold with those who favor fire.” The speaker would agree that fire, or desire, will end the world due to his personal experience tasting desire. Desire is a probable end to the world, as many destructive acts that humans commit is due to their desire to obtain something they don’t own, such as land, resources, or even people. The speaker seems to have “tasted desire” at some point in his life, and is aware of the seductive ways of this veiling emotion. True desire steams, like a gas, and soon covers every inch of ones being until that person will do all in their power to obtain what it is they wish for so badly. Desire clouds the mind, and those who desire something so fiercely become blind to the means they use to ascertain it, no matter how drastic.
The second degradation that the speaker tells the reader of is ice, which represents hatred. The speaker says: “I think I know enough of hate/To say that for destruction ice/Is also great/And would suffice.” The speaker provides the reader with a clear connection between hatred and ice, saying that he is familiar enough with hate, or ice, to know that it could end the world as easily as desire, or fire. The speaker tells us that ice can provide great “destruction,” thus saying that hatred is a volatile and volcanic emotion that could possibly be the ruin of us. Hate is an emotion beyond the regular human beings spectrum of feelings. True hate is an evil thing, and takes years to master and temper correctly, it must fester over time and becomes deadly in doing so. This thick, tangible feeling is strong, fuelled by passion, and ones hatred of another could very easily end the world.
Desire and hatred are duel emotions of terror, and are both deadly in their own rights. Whether a jealous sovereign to commandeer another countries resources launches an invasion or a mad scientist unleashes a disease on the public to alleviate his hatred for the world that had rendered him an outcast, hatred or desire are two probable endings for this planet. While desire is the ending that the speaker predicts more favorably for our planet, he acknowledges hatred as an equally daunting threat to the well being of the world.