Matthew Arnold

In his poem, Dover Beach, we are faced with many different ideas! At first, we witness the overwhelming beauty of a beach at night time, when everything is calm and peaceful. Then we are faced with reality, and realize that faith can be like the sea. It roles in and out with the tide and we never truly grasp hold of it. We can have it most of the time but loose it just as quick as the tide. It wasn't that Arnold was doubting God, he was doubting the church and Christians that are in it. I really think that we can be the same way in today's world, it can be so easy to gain and loose our faith with the blink of an eye!