Fire Brings The End

There are many different theories about how the world will end.  Some argue about them, some try to prove their theory, and some even write poems about their theories.  Robert Frost explains his theory in "Fire and Ice" and T. S. Eliot explains his theory in "Little Gidding."  These poems/ theories are quite similar.

Frost believes that the world will end in fire because of man's desire.  But of mans desire of what?  The desire to know how the world began, because that's what Eliot believes causes the end.  Man finds out how the world began,  the water "rots", and the world goes down in flame.  Yet, in both of the poems, there is still hope for forgiveness and rebirth.  Frost says the world may perish twice, but in order for the world to perish twice, it would have to have been recreated.  With the world anew, man is given a second chance, and perhaps we won’t make the same mistake as last time.  The world may perish twice, we still have a chance.  In Eliot's poem, our only chance of survival is if we pray for forgiveness from God and everyone dies, but He will create living from all the dead.

According to these poets, man is the cause of the world's end.  We bring the ending upon ourselves.  We have no one else to blame.  Everything is destroyed, and then whether you read "Fire and Ice" or "Little Gidding," you will see that fire brings the end.