There are multiple similarities between Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and Robertson Davies’ Fifth Business. The theme of taking a road that is less common is present in both texts. The narrator in “The Road Not Taken” had chosen a path “… less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference.” (Frost 19-20). Likewise, Dunstan also took the less common road when he decided to stay by Mrs. Dempster’s side even while everyone else had abandoned and shamed her for being simple. Taking “… the one less traveled by / … has made all the difference” (Frost 19-20) to Dunstan because Mrs. Dempster had a powerful impact on his life – she was the reason he chose to pursue hagiography, which thus led him to experience life to the fullest. Another …show more content…
Whether it’s a big decision like what career you want to pursue or a minor one like whether or not you should buy that bag of chips, there are always decisions that people must make with a conscious mind of the consequences. I also like this poem because Frost states that he “… took the [road] less traveled by, / And that has made all the difference” (19-20), signifying that since he chose the path that others did not choose, he benefitted from it. This emphasizes that originality and independence are beneficial to our lives because they allow us to make our own decisions and not follow what everyone else is …show more content…
His usual attitude toward her is “one of chivalrous patience, with a discernible undertone of expression” (Davies 185). On Christmas day, Boy and Leola’s children opened their presents that Leola had bought for them. However, Boy “found fault with most of them” (Davies 188). Moreover, Leola was extremely distraught when she found a note in Boy’s coat pocket from one of the women whom he was having an affair with. She ended up “crouching on the stairs, sobbing dreadfully” (Davies 188-189), but Boy dismissed her and told her that “there’s no reason to carry on like that” (Davies 189). Eventually, Leola committed suicide because “Boy [did] not love [her]” (Davies
Boy’s dark desires were revealed when Leola found the note in Boy’s coat, and Boy gave no reaction; as Boy expected her to be fine with his cheating. He never accepted the fact that this had hurt Leola, as she tried her best to do right by Boy, and no matter how hard she tried she was never enough. These dark desires of Boy’s caused Leola to want to take her own life as Dunstan walked in and noticed, “The bath seemed to be full of blood. Apparently Leola had cut her wrists and laid herself down to die in the high Roman fashion...This is the end. Boy does not love me” (Davies 180) Leola was so devastated about Boy’s affairs that her note to Dunstan ended with ‘this is the end. Boy does not love me’ Boy’s dark desires caused his wife to attempt suicide while he went out again, not caring about what happened. Boy never accepts the fact that his wife attempted suicide over something he had done, and disappeared after it happened. Boy’s dark desires result in him almost losing his wife, yet he never accepts or takes the blame for
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There are many different paths people can take throughout their lives. In the novel, Fifth Business by Robertson Davies, the main character, Dunstan Ramsey, takes the path of the Canadian hero. There are many different steps to be taken by the hero and Dunstan Ramsey follows his path by completing each step.
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“I took the one less travelled by” tells us that he did turn away from the ‘crowd’s’ preferred choice. He took the one that was less preferred as he says, “In leaves no step had trodden black,” which makes the reader think that no one had set foot down this road and that this choice is occasionally chosen by others so, Frost is indeed challenging the ‘norm’. He develops the idea of wanting to be different by preceding normality which is influenced by the want for independence. Throughout the stated texts we are shown that certain choices can be influenced by things like your own values, our surroundings and emotions. We learn that some influences can be strong enough to create conflict between family members when a particular choice is made. We also learn that people can make regrettable decisions due to their own, sometimes personal, desires.
In reading Frost’s poem in its entirety, I have concluded that “The Road Not Taken” is a symbolic representation of the choices we make in life. This particular narration symbolically led the speaker down a fulfilling road; however, getting to that conclusion is not so simple of a process. The uncertainty of how the outcome of one decision over the other will unfold brings the speaker through a contemplating process of eradication.
In the Robert Frost poem ‘’The Road Not Taken’’ there is a pervasive and in many ways intrinsic sense of journey throughout. In such, the poem explores an aspect associated with human decision, or indecision, relative to the oxymoron, that choices with the least the difference should bear the most indifference, but realistically, carry the most difficulty. This is conveyed through the use of several pivotal techniques. Where the first such instance is the use of an extended metaphor, where the poem as a whole becomes a literary embodiment of something more, the journey of life. The second technique used is the writing style of first person. Where in using this, the reader can depict a clear train of thought from the walker and understand
The Road Less Traveled by Robert Frost is a piece about a traveler who is walking through the woods and comes to a fork in the road. He contemplates which path to take and eventually takes the road that looks to him as if it is less traveled. In the end, he looks back at his choice regretfully. The message was that sometimes in life people need to make choices, but when they reflect back on the choices made, they might need to justify their choices. The speaker uses the metaphor of having to chose a path to take on a road to having to make a decision in life. Rhyming techniques and metaphors attribute to the meaning of the poem, as well. He uses repetition to convey feeling and restate the message. All of these devices add to the message of the importance of making choices in life.
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The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost describes the dilemma in decision making, generally in life each individual has countless decisions to make and those decisions lead to new challenges, dilemmas and opportunities. In Frost’s poem, the careful traveler observes the differences of each path, one is bent and covered in undergrowth (Frost 5) and the other is grassy and unworn (Frost 8). In the end he knows he can only choose one of the paths, after much mental debate he picks the road less traveled and is well aware that he will likely never return to experience the other. By examining Frost 's "The Road Not Taken," we get a deeper understanding of
Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” both portray weighing of choices in life. The former is about youth and experiencing life and the latter is about old age, or more probably, an old spirit wearied by life. In both poems the speaker is in a critical situation where he has to choose between two paths in life. In “The Road Not taken” the speaker chooses the unconventional approach to the decision making process, thus showing his uniqueness and challenging mentality while in “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” the speaker seeks a life without any pain and struggle but at the end, he has to comply with social obligation, which reflects his responsibility towards the society.
Frost presents the traveler's choice of paths as a metaphor for the difficult decisions a person must make in life. The divergent paths are the choices to be made at various points along the way. Regardless of how he tries, the traveler cannot see beyond where the path is "bent in the undergrowth" (5). Likewise, nobody can predict what effect one choice will have on his life. The traveler sees the two paths as very similar or "just as fair" (6). As much as the traveler would like to return to the diverging roads, he realizes that he will not get another chance to travel the other path. With maturity comes a resignation that a choice has affected a person's life and there is no going back. He also tries to make the best of his decision by saying that it has "made all the difference." (20).
In Robert Frost’s “The Road Not Taken”, Frost shows the everyday human struggle to make a choice that could change the course of one’s life. In his poem, a person has the choice to take one road or the other. One road is worn out from many people taking it, and the other is barely touched, for fewer have taken that road. Throughout the poem, the speaker learns that just because so many other people have done one thing, or walked one way, does not mean everyone has to. Sometimes you just have to go your own way.
The poem’s author, Robert Frost, focuses on the theme and the mood by representing the choices and decisions that have to be made.