Reply To: Assignment on “The Fascination of What’s Difficult” by William Butler Yeats

[Alice]

“The fascination and difficulties”. Questions 1:why does yeats feel that his creative energy has been drained. Answer: The poet explained his frustration and difficulties he passed through when he was running a theatre,when he serve as a manager at Abbey theatre.He was so creative and energetic about his artistics work. he compare his creative spirit to a young horse(colt)that should be full of life and energy.He expresses his frustration with the burdens of running a theatre as one of the Ireland’s most famous poets.yeat felt overwhelmed for being the manager.because during production he face alot of challenges like incompetence and incooperation of the people.so, this make him hate the job that once brought him joy.
yeats also feel worn-out and disappointed with how hard it is to create art, especially while managing the Abbey theatre, instead of feeling inspired and full of energy he felt drained and empty because of the challenges of theatre management have taken away his passion for art.so, at the end yeats expresses a strong desire to Break free from the restrictions that welgh him down,he want to escape the exhausting demand for theatre management and find his creative freedom again.

Question 2:Do you think that struggle yeats describe are still relevant for modern artist.why or why not?. Answer:YES,the struggle yeats describe are still relevant for modern artist.because,of incompetence and uncooperation of the people the during production just as yeats have mentioned about the frustration and difficulties he passed through as a creative manager, sometimes incompetence of the artist members can made the manager feel exhausted and irritation.so,all those things yeats describe still relevant and usually occurred in modern artist industry.