| Don't project self into text |
| Strive for objectivity |
Seek the original intent
 | communicative |
| political |
| economic |
| entertainment |
| do-goodery |
| "looking for loopholes" |
| career |
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Seek the hidden intent
| money |
| fame |
| psychological self esteem |
| political ideology |
| national/racial pride |
| self aggrandizement |
| help God |
| romanticizing |
| mental disease |
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Understand the context
| personal |
| historical |
| sociological |
| philosophical |
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Understand the Language
| semantics |
| etymology |
| syntax |
| pragmatics |
| genre |
| figurativeness |
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| You can't escape subjectivity |
| You can't get at the author's intent |
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