Thursday, October 22, 2009
Blog #4- The Use of Force
"The Use of Force" by William Carlos Williams explains the concept of force and emotions that are involved agony, fury as well as enjoyment and pleasure. the doctor exposes the little girl who refused to open her mouth. with force the doctor opened her mouth and revealed her infected tonsils. he describes the force is he using as something will be benefit that girl because she could die if doesn't detect her illness. but since he becomes so furious such as the girl herself he says "but a blind fury, a feeling of adult shame, bred of a longing for muscular release are the operatives". which means he wants to overpower her. when you have blind fury you probably could do a lot of things and regret them in the end but not thinking clearly about them when in the act.
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I think its scary to think that a Dr. could lose a hold on his emotions so quickly especially when is dealing with a child. Im sure he did regret his blind fury in hindsight but as a Dr. you need to keep all your emotions and fury in check while examining patients. Especially little ones.
ReplyDeleteYes, but rather than judging the doctor, consider how the story exposes ther limits of/critiques scientific objectivism (a connection to TYW, here?)
ReplyDeleteYes i must say that the Dr. did loose his emotions. It was a little weird to read that, but also like Prof. Lavazzi says, the story exposes the limits.
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