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Emily Dickinson The Goal
Title: Emily Dickinson The Goal
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 613 | Pages: 2.6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Emily Dickinson The Goal
Emily DickinsonŐs "The Goal" discusses her theory that each human being lives each day striving to obtain one specific goal. She theorizes that each individual longs to fulfill one specific achievement whether "expressed" to others or is "still" (l. 2) and locked into the individual's heart.
Dickinson says that it is an inevitable part of human nature to live this way, whether we believe so or not, and have not been able to recognize the …showed first 75 words of 613 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 613 total…living a determined, focused life will be when we die, having achieved our goal or not, because "eternity enables the endeavoring again" (l. 19-20). Whether you interpret this last line to mean that your earthly desire will be fulfilled coincided with spiritual fulfillment and enlightenment, or that the grandeur of heaven will be so magnificent that your seemingly unattainable goal in life will appear petty, Dickinson is successful in her attempts to encourage others to greatness.
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