daveyjr37  +  51850 Sun, 24 Oct 04 06:41 PM Hi, I am writing an essay concerning the forms of persuasion in this speech and I was not sure what this one allusion mean. I know it is an allusion but I do not know what it is refering to. "We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren, till she transforms us into beasts." Thank You daveyjr37 Joined on Sun, Oct 24 2004 New Member 03 Essays

	CalifJim  +  51873 Sun, 24 Oct 04 10:05 PM siren: any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing. As a whole the sentence is saying that when we don't want to face reality, we are willing to be led astray by something more pleasant, even if that is exactly what we should not do because it will turn out quite unpleasant after all. Or shorter: If we don't want to see that we're being conned, we'll let ourselves be conned. CalifJim Joined on Mon, Aug 2 2004 California Veteran Member 24,229 "There are no facts, only interpretations" - Nietzsche