Monday, May 18, 2015

What is "willing suspension of belief"? How does having a willing suspension of belief help Mrs. Murry?

I think you mean the "willing suspension of disbelief".
The romantic poet Colleridge came up with the phrase to explain how a reader can engage
with a text even if the events or themes are not strictly realistic. The reader is
encouraged to overlook the plausibility of events and just appreciate the story outside
of reality. So, happily leave off what you know to be
true.


As a scientist, this would allow Mrs Murray to be
open to ideas that current science might not have answers for. She would be more willing
to entertain the idea of a tesseract, for example.

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