Question 3 "Venus and the Ark"

Anne Sexton’s “Venus and the Ark” is a spoof of Noah’s Ark. In this modern retelling of the classic story, the ark is the missile that carries the “Ph.D’s” and the new Earth is Venus. Two scientist go on a mission to Venus, they are equipped with a variety of animals to preform experiments on. What they find is a habitable planet with no life. Due to this discovery, countries start to fight about the ownership of Venus. This war ends with the destruction of the Earth. The scientists eventually release the animals and they populate Venus. These animals are the only remnants of life on Earth that will remain after the two scientist perish.The two scientist cannot reproduce since they are both male. The ending of the story,”the new fruit drop” is a reference to Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit. The “new fruit drop” is for telling that these new organisms will also make mistakes and that their world like the Earth will also end.