human condition

QUESTION: The Human Condition is a continuing mystery. How have the texts you’ve studies enhanced and extended your knowledge?
The human condition refers to our attempts at contemplating the continuing mystery of life and overcoming its many emotional barriers. It embraces the harshness of reality and beauty of imagination human existence. Utilising a variety of literary, visual and filmic devices, Robert Frost’s poem, Mending Wall, Sam Mendes’ film, American Beauty, John Keats’ poem, Bright Star and David Turnley’s photograph, 9628 all seeks to explore the importance of human thought and need for fulfilment. Together, these composers provide us with a fuller understanding of our own struggles and discoveries in life, thus extending and enhancing our insight into the human condition.
Robert Frost’s poem, Mending Wall, is a dramatic monologue written in iambic pentameters to describe the mending of physical and psychological barriers humans create in order to protect thei...