write 2-3 paragraphs for each question Explain Wordsworth’s myth of memory, his “law of compensation,” as it is presented in “Tintern Abbey” in particular. What is “the joy of life”? And do you think Ibsen believed in “the joy of life,” or does he poke fun at it through Oswald’s crazy ramblings? Blake aimed to show “two contrary states of the human soul” through his Songs of Innocence and Experience. Explore how successfully he does this by comparing a pair of poems. Compare/contrast the life decisions made by Hedda and Thea (think, in particular, in terms of fertility and sterility). What does the manuscript symbolize for each of the major characters in Hedda Gabler?