Belinda was at the beginning of the Rape of Locke in her dream "Warn'd by the Sylph, oh pious maid, beware! This to disclose is all thy guardian can. Beware of all, but most beware of man!" Belinda then gets up and "when Shock, who thought she slept too long, Leap'd up, and wak'd his mistress with his tongue.'Twas then, Belinda, if report say true, Thy eyes first open'd on a billet-doux; Wounds, charms, and ardors were no sooner read, But all the vision vanish'd from thy head." Since the text goes in a certain direction I want to first say that I do not mean to blame the victim. I am trying to use it to point to a different thing altogether. We can go to church on a Sunday and listen to the church service and come out feeling all well and come out feeling all good and not act like the world does and go and party, curse, or get really angry at others but still get bogged down in what life throws at you and forget to put into practice what was taught on Sunday. It also could be said that we also do the same thing with other people as well. Parents who give well-meaning advice often find that it goes in one ear and through the other. It is only when we find ourselves in the middle of the situation or looking back when it is too late that we are able to regret not listening to them sooner. This story reminds me of Cassandra in the Trojan war and how no one would listen to her.
I commented on Gabby`s and Kayla`s posts.
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