Blog Post #2: Prompt #7

Ambiguity is one the most important and frustrating thing a reader experiences while trying to interpret any piece of text. It allows for the text to have many levels and gives the text depth.  It is important for readers to connect with the text, and when the reader can interpret the text as they feel fit, they are connecting with the text on a deeper level. They, also, are adding to the greater meaning of the text. Ambiguity gives texts depth and complexity. It allows for one thing to symbol many different ideas a t once. It shows how the world, fictional and real, is never black and white. It is grey. Many things are always occurring there is a complexity to everything that surrounds us. Nothing is one dimensional. Everything is layered and is perceived differently across cultures and over different walks of life.
Ambiguity givers the reader the opportunity to allow the text to mean what the reader wants or needs  it to mean for where they are in their lives. Virgil's The Aeneid thrives and stands the test of time because of its depth and willingness to be open to multiple interpretations. Every time a different person read The Aeneid the discovers something new and read it with their own lens, therefore over time The Aeneid  grows in complexity and depth. Every person notices and believes different things about the text. Ambiguity is essential to the progression of texts. It allows them to be carried across eras and times. Ambiguity is important to progression of art over time

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  1. UnknownAugust 1, 2017 at 6:45 PM

    I agree that ambiguity is the most important and frustrating thing a reader experiences. I believe most readers have that problem, but it's okay because they might not be able to interpret it at the moment, but they will eventually. Once they do they can connect to to it and they'll find a better or greater meaning of the text. Ambiguity is a good thing in texts because it gives it the complexity. One thing can mean other different things or ideas. It's all around us in the real world and the good thing about ambiguity is that you're not right or wrong because we all have a different perspective of what the text means to us. It may take time to comprehend what the text means, but it could mean anything that the reader wants it to be. Like you stated,"Everything is layered and perceived differently across cultures and over different walks of life." Indeed it is. I believe ambiguity helps readers to understand that there are different perspectives of what a text means. It keeps them open minded.

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