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Re: Critic: Emily Dickinson's poetry demonstrates that meaning cannot resi [#permalink]
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Hi,

I actually don’t agree with the OA:

Two people can have radically different systems of belief and interpreted something in the same way:

A highly conservative monk from the 15th century and a leftist from today’s world COULD both agree that drinking alcohol is fine as long as one doesn’t drink too much.
So imagine having a poem about the subject that drinking too much alcohol is fine. Both would interpret the pure semantics of the texts as not true, and both could agree that for example, the author meant it in an ironic way, and not seriously.

So I don’t see how (B) holds…

Please explain
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Critic: Emily Dickinson's poetry demonstrates that meaning cannot resi [#permalink]
Hi GMATNinja KarishmaB MartyTargetTestPrep

Request you to please share your thoughts on Option A.

I interpreted that
> Different cultures have different systems of belief
> System of belief of the reader influences the meaning of the poem.

I couldn't fully understand how Option A could be true (inferred from the passage), as the option now brings in a piece of new information, at least that's what I think so, that the meaning of the poem is influenced by someone else's interpretation(i.e. the interpretation of a third person).

Not sure if I interpreted this part of the passage correctly, but I thought that "... reader's system of beliefs and the poem ..." refers to the system of beliefs that the reader holds i.e. his own system of belief. I am unable to wrap my head around how someone else's interpretation influences the reader's system of belief (even if that person is from the same culture).

Thanks in advance for your reply.
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Re: Critic: Emily Dickinson's poetry demonstrates that meaning cannot resi [#permalink]
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How to approach could be true type questions. In this question though i was able to reach at correct answer but wasn't confident for option A and E.
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Re: Critic: Emily Dickinson's poetry demonstrates that meaning cannot resi [#permalink]
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How to approach could be true type questions. In this question though i was able to reach at correct answer but wasn't confident for option A and E.


could be true EXCEPT = CANNOT be true
The correct answer will directly contradict the passage and thus will constitute a statement that cannot be true.

According to the passage:
Readers from different eras have radically different systems of beliefs, and a reader's system of beliefs yields a meaning that is a unique result.
In other words:
If two people from different eras read the same poem, their different systems of beliefs will lead them to interpret the poem's meaning in different ways.

B. A modern reader and a nineteenth-century reader interpret one of Shakespeare's sonnets in the same way.
Since this option states that two people from different eras can interpret a poem in the same way, it directly contradicts the passage and thus cannot be true.



A. A reader's interpretation of a poem by Dickinson is affected by someone else's interpretation of it.
Since the passage says nothing about one reader affecting another, this option does not directly contradict the passage.
Eliminate A.

E: A reader's enjoyment of a poem is enhanced by knowing the poet's interpretation of it.
Since the passage says nothing about enjoyment, this option does not directly contradict the passage.
Eliminate E.


GMATGuruNY

thanks for your explaination.
one more doubt so in case of just could be true (without except)or most likely
all 4 choices will contradict,left out will could be true?
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