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Ted Hughes's Examination at the Womb Door
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... EXAMINATION AT THE WOMB DOOR Ted Hughes 1. Explain the use of the term "womb-door". The word "womb door" at first seems to have very sexual connotations. The voice of God's nightmare gestates and begins to acquire a physical state. But before it is born, there is yet a trial that the embryo has to go through. This is the embryo's examination at the womb door, a final assessment that the crow must undergo before being born and before entering the world. Womb door signifies the point of crossing into the physical world- a gate where all souls shall gather before they step into life. In my opinion, examination at womb door reminds me of the promise that all souls make to God before coming into the world that He- God is their creator and they shall return to Him. In our poem, however, the crow is a clever embryo and the examination
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