1. Self reflection in Seamus Heaney poems
These victims are generally punished individuals from crimes or, are sacrifices made to the gods as a religious belief, as regarded by the community. ... Heaney also tries to justify the ruthless of human nature by saying it is something uncontrollable. ... In Bog Queen we also see the ugliness of human nature through the idea of bribery and dishonesty. ... This is where he reflects himself, as a human and his position in society. ... Again in Tollund Man, the author relates himself with this sacrificed victim as the isolated from the community; the Tollund man, for being the victim of a r...
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- Grade Level: High School