Satire III, written by John Donne, develops
many topics that involve different aspects of society and religion. One of the
topics that is more interesting than the others is the critic that the author
makes to de English government, the English society and the religion. John
Donne says that the government only sees for their own benefits and that it can
use religion to disguise their real purpose, so the citizen agree to fight for
them. The poem makes the reader understand the manipulation that is made to the
population with the conflict between Great Britain and Spain.
John Donne with Satire III let the audience know more about him and the historical
and cultural situation. The poem shows all the feelings and the internal
conflicts that John Donne suffered because of the imposition of a new
protestant religion. He starts to question what true religion, where God really
is and the roll of the clergy. Satire III is a way to express all the emotions and cunfusion that he is suffering, it is not easy to see how the goverment of your country preasures an individual so he changes his convictions.
