“How Happy Is The Blameless Vestal’S Lot. The World...

â€Å"How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d.† The quote stated above by Alexander Pope in simple term is highlighting that idea â€Å"Ignorance is bliss†. Vestal refers to a Roman goddess or a virgin priestess. He is stating their fate; being virgins in a temple is a happy one (not having sex or keeping away from any form of corruption); who devote their life to God cutting off from the world and are happy due to their ignorance. They forget about the world and the world forgets about them, neither needing to think for each other. And a mind that doesn’t dwell in the past and the emotions that come with it is a true†¦show more content†¦She also resents and grieves over the damage that was caused to Abelard’s reputation in her professional life and as a scholar. This painful situation causes her to plead for forgetfulness both of her unconditional love and the pain it has caused her. The themes of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are very similar to Eloisa to Abelard. Eternal Sunshine is a love story and clear binary opposition (Graeme Turner, 104) The theme in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a guy named Joel who is withdrawn and introverted discovers that his long- timed girlfriend Clementine, who is eccentric and extroverted decides to undergo a Psychiatrist experimental procedure in which she will able to remove her memories of Joel and their toxic relationship. Clementine is also described as an impulsive person and chooses to remove her memory of Joel after an intense argument they have. The couple has tried to make their relationship work for years but they are unable to due to communication problems and trust issues. Joel is stunned to discover that his girlfriend has had her memories of their turbulent relationship erased. After finding out about what Clementine had done he gets very upset and out of desperation he also reaches out to the same doctor to have his memories removed too of his toxic relationship. As Joel is going th rough the process of getting his memories removed, he begins to regret his decision as he beings to