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Imagery of Sacrifice in The School Children

 

Sacrifice. One simple word brings to mind two completely different images.  Today, sacrifice is most often thought of as a noble and beautiful act, but also one painful-emotionally, mentally, and physically-involving the surrender of something highly valued for the sake of something deemed of superior value.  On the other hand, when done in the name of religion, sacrifice may involve the offering of a gift to some deity in worship or propitiation.  Usually when sacrifice involves the latter, the connotation of the term darkens, for the dominant image is of ritual slaughter. Generally, we do not think of mothers or children as being the victims of this type of sacrifice. Imagery in Louise Glück s poem  The School Children,  however, depicts mothers sacrificing their offspring and themselves for the benefit of the children.

 

    The first stanza begins by stating,  The children go forward .  They are leaving their mothers behind, going to a place inaccessible to them... [to view the full essay now, purchase below]

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