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"Musee des Beaux Arts" is a complex parallel of the world of 1938. As Adolph Hitler's Death Heads were spreading the Nazi flag onto the heart of Europe, many found it easier to turn their heads and pretend they do not notice or care, than to stop and do something about the suffering of so many Europeans. Inspired by the painting of Pieter Bruegel, "Landscape with Fall of Icarus," Auden's brings to our attention the tragedy of humankind and its position by emphasizing the two major themes of birth and death while life follows its way and goes on.
The painting "Landscape with the fall of Icarus" inspired from a Greek myth resembles the tragic ending of Icarus and the carelessness and ignorance of the people witnessing the sad event. Icarus was a Greek mythological figure also known as the son of Daedalus. The myth is about Icarus and Daedalus who were arrested on the island of Crete by the King, and Daedalus constructs wings out of wax so they can fly away and escape from the......

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