To Be Or Not To Be

To Be or Not to Be
There is an age-old conflict within the human soul as to why man is here and whether one has the choice to leave. These are the questions that poet Robert Frost has introduced in his poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”. He uses images of woods, a horse, and a frozen lake as a means to express the conflict within the main character, a lonely traveler, by creating an atmosphere of alluring peacefulness that causes the traveler to have to decide between difficult life and easy death.
Frost begins his poem by immediately informing the reader that it is set in the woods. “Whose woods these are I think I know.” (line1). The traveler perceives the woods as a place where he can be alone and at peace. This gives the reader a question first and then a quick but timid answer. Often times, one questions something even though the answer is known. Some call this a conscience, others God. Because “His house is in the village, though,” (2) he lets the...