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“The Door” by Miroslav Holub, in the form of a poem demonstrates that a change in self will result from experiences in which one encounters, depending whether the individual will embrace the change or not. The poem presents “the door” as an extended metaphor that represents embracing change and also as a symbol. Embracing change or not will depend on whether the individual wishes to remain in the state they are or leave that limited world through the door. Thus, the door is also a symbol; a closed door represents a barrier, which keeps us confined and limited, whereas an open door introduces new possibilities by allowing us past that barrier; therefore exposing ourselves to change. The poem begins with, “Go and open the door”, a short, powerful and demanding imperative that is repeated throughout the poem. The use of the imperative creates an emphatic tone which entreats the re

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Once again, Miller made use of stage directions as [“Proctor tears the paper and crumples it, and he is weeping in fury, but erect”], which shows that Proctor is proud of what he’s done and realises that “for now I do think I see some shred of goodness in John Proctor. Now that Proctor understand more about himself, he has opened up not only himself but the barrier between him and his wife, Miller exposes this to the audience through his use of a dramatic representation as Proctor “lifted her, and kisses her with great passion” contrasted to the kiss in act two when [“He gets up, goes to her, kisses her.

Alike the persona in “Glass Jar”, John Proctor in the play “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller also overcame his own weaknesses through greater understanding of himself, hence, resulted in a change in self. Not enough to weave a banner, but white enough to keep it from such dogs”. By opening the door, the individual enters a new state of being filled with opportunities and possibilities. Here, Harwood also introduces sibiliant sounds of ‘s’ and ‘t’, symbolising the gentleness of mothers as they smooth away our fear and pain. What’s left is only her mother’s “voice calling”, a vocative image of mother’s role to call in their children at dinnertime. Though, the child still did not completely understand his fear. One of the main symbols Harwood has utilised in this poem is the “fine threadbare linen worn, still good to the last”, also an extended metaphor of linen representing the mother figure as she continues her role as a mother till the very end, despite lack of physical strength as she ages. Light is a symbol of security and a sense of direction, motifs of light is utilised by the composer to contrast the persona’s feelings of safety and “total power” in the light as opposed to feelings of “fear” in “dream and darkness”. Miller also shows immense change in Proctor in the last act as he refuses to name others in court by signing the confession, this is shown through the symbolic gesture of [“a cry of his soul”] when he replies to judge Danforth, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”. Apart from this, Harwood also made use of images such as “Love’s proud executants played from a score no child could read or realize” and “the child dreamed this dance perpetual”, which emphasises not only the child’s lack of understanding of the music of love played between two people, but also the child’s lack of understanding of life as he believes the dark night would always remain. Here the composer has used parallel structure and cumulation of sentences beginning with “even if” to emphasise the importance of opening one’s self up to change as “at least/ there’ll be/ a draught,” suggesting metaphorically the occurrence of change as we will feel something eventually even if it is just a cool breeze. Once the motherly figure is gone, there is a terrible sense of loss.

In conclusion, despite that change is inevitable, it is shown through the texts that it is the manner in which change in accepted or embraced which ultimately results in a change in self.

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