Question

click to read \musée des beaux arts,\ by w. h. auden. then answer the question.

pieter brueghels landscape with the fall of icarus and w. h. audens \musee des beaux arts\ both address the fall of icarus. how else are the two works alike?

a. both include ordinary events such as a man plowing and animals wandering.
b. both leave out realistic details, focusing more on a general idea.
c. both have spooky environments and supernatural elements.
d. both use sensory details to express a silly tone.

Explanation:

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Analyze the connection between the painting and the poem

Using the Ekphrastic Poetry Analysis and Compare and Contrast knowledge points

Pieter Brueghel's painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus depicts the tragic fall of Icarus as a minor, almost unnoticed event in the background, while ordinary life goes on in the foreground. Specifically, it prominently features a farmer plowing his field, a shepherd tending his sheep, and animals going about their day.

W. H. Auden's poem "Musée des Beaux Arts" is an ekphrastic poem that directly comments on this painting. Auden observes how suffering and tragedy occur while "someone else is eating or opening a window or just walking dully along." He explicitly references Brueghel's painting, noting how "the plowman may / Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry," but for him "it was not an important failure," and how "the expensive delicate ship... had somewhere to get to and sailed calmly on."

Therefore, both works are alike because they juxtapose a grand mythological tragedy with ordinary, mundane daily events, such as a man plowing and animals wandering.
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<mcq-correct>A. Both include ordinary events such as a man plowing and animals wandering.</mcq-correct>
<mcq-option>B. Both leave out realistic details, focusing more on a general idea.</mcq-option>
<mcq-option>C. Both have spooky environments and supernatural elements.</mcq-option>
<mcq-option>D. Both use sensory details to express a silly tone.</mcq-option>
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Pieter Brueghel's painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus depicts the tragic fall of Icarus as a minor, almost unnoticed event in the background, while ordinary life goes on in the foreground. Specifically, it prominently features a farmer plowing his field, a shepherd tending his sheep, and animals going about their day.

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<mcq-option>B. Both leave out realistic details, focusing more on a general idea.</mcq-option>
<mcq-option>C. Both have spooky environments and supernatural elements.</mcq-option>
<mcq-option>D. Both use sensory details to express a silly tone.</mcq-option>
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