Monday, October 4, 2010

Compare and Contrast: Bradstreet vs. Sor Juana

Bradstreet's On the burning of our house and Sor Juana's World in Hounding Me both mention about vanity. However, Bradstreet believes the true treasure is in heaven while Sor Juana believe its in one's soul. Bradstreet used inversion to rhyme the sentences while Sor Juana didn't, due to the translation failure. The translator failed...epically. Bradstreet condemns herself of trying to mourn for material possession and try to convey that what God keeps for her in the afterlife is the true importance. Sor Juana believed that she would like to keep her mind on knowledge collection than on observing all beauties that present itself in front of her. So in short, Bradstreet is another Puritan religion freak that got absolutely obsessed with God and her creation, and Sor Juana is just another nerd that try to justify her nerdy acts...which is kind of pointless in the end. Both of them is trying to say that their way is better than common people....crazy~~~...

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