The moviegoer is wondering if it was a good idea to go to the cinema, and Leda is questioning whether or not she is enjoying this inhumane experience. This questioning on both characters’ parts is answered in the last line of the poem where the author addresses the “real pleasure in loving a shadow and caressing a disguise.” In the cinema, the moviegoer is enjoying the movie, and in the Greek myth, Leda is enjoying the rape. This line accurately describes both of the events that are taking place, tying together these opposing ideas one last
The moviegoer is wondering if it was a good idea to go to the cinema, and Leda is questioning whether or not she is enjoying this inhumane experience. This questioning on both characters’ parts is answered in the last line of the poem where the author addresses the “real pleasure in loving a shadow and caressing a disguise.” In the cinema, the moviegoer is enjoying the movie, and in the Greek myth, Leda is enjoying the rape. This line accurately describes both of the events that are taking place, tying together these opposing ideas one last