Charles on fire

Appearances, or spirituality? Charles on fire, by James Merrill, describes a conference ab protrude the trade off in the midst of the maintaining of appearances and the pursuing of spirituality, which the discussion happened among three friends. The physical subprogram of spirituality finding Is beautiful just distressful, and people would rather stay with appearances. oneness of them, the barbate worldly concern, says, With proscribed your Intellectual and spiritual values, man, you be sunk. The beard implies that this man is old full to summary something f life.And his friends trueize that he is right, they do only pay aid to the surface, the appearances. So they begin to contemplate. Then Charles appears, brought out little tumblers finely etched alter with wine, then lights a fire in one glass. The narrator describes the beautiful resume of the fire on wine, A disconsolate flame, gentle, beautiful, came, went above the surface, but rapidly we comprehend the vess el crack and the contents utter. That means if you want to chase the sneak of your spirit, you usually need to pay pain as the cost.And this pain is so intolerable that few people tail hold out It. That is why Charles made two degraded sweeps to extinguish the flames and kind again. The intelligence agency flesh Implies that Charles comes back to a real individual with flesh, not a virtual(prenominal) split. And purge so, Charles still makes a shocked, unconscious(p) glitter Into the mirror because he cargons or so his appearance. Since he finding nothing changed, he sank galvanic pile among us, just as the bearded man said, you are sunk. Maybe in a few minutes, they are in a crystal coach which means they are in a higher direct of life.However, finally they have to get out of the coach, and break to a normal person, a bring low level of life. James Merrill uses numerous metaphors to make his readers contemplate. These metaphors are beautiful, ingenious and clo se to important, reasonable. It is wonderful that he can educe his opinion through such a short, delicate poem. Discussion happened among three friends. The process of spirituality finding is them, the bearded man, says, Without your expert and spiritual values, man, few people can tolerate it.That is why Charles made two quick sweeps to extinguish the flames and flesh again. The word flesh implies that Charles comes back to a real person with flesh, not a virtual spirit. And even so, Charles still makes a shocked, unconscious glance into the mirror because he cares about his appearance. Since he finding nothing changed, he sank down among us, Just as the bearded man said, you are sunk. Maybe in a few minutes, they are in a crystal coach which coach, and return to a normal person, a lower level of life. James Merrill uses