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Monday, November 21, 2022
Invictus - Kierkegaard Approved?
This poem is existential in nature.
The first stanza demonstrates a questioning of gods, as the narrator of the poem is question whatever god may be, thanking them for their "unconquerable soul." The narrator believes that they are not fully responsible for their ambitious soul, instead thinking a greater power is in charge.
In the second stanza, the narrator states that the reason they still prevail is because of the "bludgeoning of chance". This is existential because they are pointing to chance as the reason for their circumstance, rather than something though out and pointed.
The third stanza starts of in an existential light, saying "beyond this place", insiunating an unknown world beyond their own. It looms in the dark because it is unknown and mysterious.
The final stanza is existential because the narrator states that they are the master of fate, and the captain of their soul. They state that if they are in charge of their soul, they can also be in charge of their fate. This is unknown, an somewhat existential.
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