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Comparison Of Bradstreet's The Flesh And The Spirit
It seems that humans like to go through all the trouble of setting something up, just to have it all lost or destroyed for one reason or another. This is an issue since we wanted that feeling of accomplishment, but then to have it all torn down, is even more devastating that we imagined. The quote, "The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry", can be very relatable to Bradstreet's "The Flesh and The Spirit" for its use in context to the lesson.
In the poem, Bradstreet is trying to convey the fact that we are drifting away from God and leaning towards materialistic things. This is against the teachings of their religion but it seems no one wanted to bring it up. So, Bradstreet hints about that this whole religion was made but everyone
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