Question

What is a common theme shared by Auden's "Musée des Beaux-Arts," Williams's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," and Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus?
A. That suffering is often ignored or unnoticed
B. That Icarus was foolish for attempting to fly
C. That people will come to the aid of those in need
D. That Daedalus should have been more protective of his son

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. That suffering is often ignored or unnoticed.

In contemporary literary studies, a theme is a central topic a text treats. There are two kinds of themes, the one that is what the reader thinks the work is about, and one that is what the work says about the subject. Williams, for example, reiterates the theme is significant in the life of a poet who always felt the world had never fully recognized his accomplishments.

Answer 2

What is a common theme shared by Auden's "Musée des Beaux-Arts," Williams's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," and Brueghel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus?  Its A