The way the poem was written was a little difficult to comprehend at first, but it started to make more sense as I kept moving forward. Pope’s poem is connected to the scientific revolution in a manner that the motivation behind the sonnet is to address the role of people, it talks about man as only one little piece of an incredibly perplexing universe. Furthermore, he talks about how there is no right or wrong way to do anything, and that whatever somebody considers correct, is correct or wrong. Pope encourages us to gain based on what is around us, what we can notice ourselves in nature. He emphasizes on how we shouldn’t interfere in God’s business or question his methodologies; For all that occurs, both great and awful, occurs for a reason and with a purpose. I believe scientific exploration makes it easier to understand as to why things happen, like why something exists or how it happened. Having boundaries on scientific exploration in my opinion is foolish because the more that is explored the easier it makes for us and for the upcoming generations to make sense of everything that is happening around us, exploration uncovers perceptions for what they are, to mention associations among thoughts and observable facts, and to sort out which questions can be productively handled with accessible apparatuses. In the end pope encourages the peruse on the best way to get however many endowments as could be expected under the circumstances, regardless of whether that be on earth or in the great beyond. He underlines the way that genuine euphoria must be capable through an acknowledgment of one’s fundamental shortcomings and that really got me thinking of how we as individuals keep denying/ hiding our weaknesses.
Minahil, Thanks for your thoughtful responses. I’m sorry you weren’t able to attend class and participate in our discussion of this complex poem. I’m sure it would have cleared up some of your confusion and you would have been able to contribute your ideas to the conversation.