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  • Essay / Analysis of Acceptance in HOWL By Allen Ginsberg

    Throughout the entire play, there is an obvious progression in Ginsberg's emotions that he allows the audience to feel. The “Footnote to HOWL” has already been considered a watershed moment for Allen Ginsberg. It was also said that this final piece was Allen Ginsberg revisiting the ideas he had poured his heart and soul into in the previous three parts, divulging personal information. Another idea that arose from listening to and analyzing this article written in its entirety by Allen Ginsberg is that the footnote is simply a change in his mindset. Ginsberg has a very different way of thinking in which he claims that every being is holy; “Everything is holy!” everyone is holy! everywhere is holy! every day is holy! every day is an eternity! Everyone is an angel! (line 114). The change in mindset that the reader can see in Allen Ginsberg is like the afterthought of a soul who has just achieved enlightenment. Having gone through the steps leading to self-acceptance, he now makes the connection that he too must not pass judgment, but rather accept. This whole thing was not just a journey for one man's well-being, as it is a journey for this man to achieve the concept of acceptance. Allen Ginsberg not only accepts himself as he is, but he now accepts the thoughts and feelings of those around him, even those he previously scrutinized: "Holy time in eternity, eternity holy in sacred time, clocks in sacred space, the fourth dimension holy. the fifth International Saint the Angel at Moloch! (line 123). This is the ending that some critics say is Allen Ginsberg walking back his previous statements. It could also be said that these critiques need to be more