The document provides an analysis of the plays The Tempest by Shakespeare and Tamburlaine the Great by Marlowe. It summarizes that both plays explore themes of power dynamics and social hierarchies. It discusses how the main characters of Prospero and Tamburlaine wield unchecked and unstoppable power. It also analyzes the different portrayals of the relationship between fathers and daughters in the two plays. While Prospero manipulates Miranda for his own gains, Tamburlaine asserts power over Zenocrate's father. Overall, the document examines how the plays reflect the social unrest and desire for upward mobility during the Renaissance period.
Power, self, and other the absurd in boesman and lena(1)UJ colezzane
1. Boesman and Lena by Athol Fugard explores the absurdity of the lives of two homeless characters living under apartheid in South Africa. Their relationship reflects the power dynamics between oppressors and oppressed under apartheid.
2. Boesman takes on the role of oppressor, bullying Lena into submission, despite both characters being oppressed by the white power structure. Lena seeks recognition and community to give her life meaning, while Boesman denies her this to avoid confronting his own absurd situation.
3. The characters are trapped in an endless cycle of walking between towns with no true home or community. While their situation seems hopeless, Lena decides to continue walking with Boesman in hopes he may recognize her
The poem "The Thorn" by William Wordsworth describes a thornbush on a mountaintop that is the supposed location of a child's grave. The poem reveals the backstory of a destitute woman named Martha Ray, who was abandoned while pregnant by her lover Stephen Hill. Martha frequently visits the mountaintop lamenting her lost child. The reliable narrator relays the local gossip surrounding Martha, which variously suggests she committed infanticide or that the child never existed. The fate of Martha and her child remains ambiguous, though nature is vividly described and seems to mirror Martha's turmoil. The thornbush becomes a symbol of the joy and suffering of life.
The Dual Female Space in Byron’s Turkish TalesAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: Since our existence is defined by the concept of space, our social lives therefore are defined by spatial relationships. The theory of space has developed a dynamic representation of the conception and creation of relationships, especially gender relations. Gender cannot be considered by neglecting the issue of space since both are interrelated. Females, however, occupy restricted spaces in spite of the multifarious positions males freely occupy. In fact, space is a maternal/feminized entity according to Luce Irigaray, Elaine Showalter, Gayatri Spivak, Julia Kristeva, Plato, William Blake and I. A. Richards. To feminists, space is perceived through the lens of male power and female resistance. The urge of women writers to reduce gender discrimination and sexual stereotyping during the Romantic Movement was visible in Lord Byron‘s poems. Byron‘s controversial sexuality—awareness of his feminine side—is in itself a unique existential space placing him among artists that reveal both gender sides: the meek and bold. This study investigates how Byron pictured the space his feminine heroes occupied in his Turkish tales and distinguishable version of the ―female other. It offers a feminist reading of three of Byron‘s Turkish tales: The Giaour (1813), The Bride of Abydos (1813) and The Corsair (1814) and explores the figurative spaces that Byron allocates for his Turkish heroines.
The document provides biographical information about 19th century British poets Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Rossetti, who were both involved with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood artistic movement. It then analyzes Rossetti's poem "Troy Town" discussing its themes of eroticism and destruction. Finally, it examines Thomas Hardy's poem "Neutral Tones" through analyzing its form, symbols, and exploration of the modern loss of imagination.
In the history of English literature, William Shakespeare is remarked as the giant of the Renaissance and history of the world dramas. The greatest dramatist Shakespeare was really better at portraying the female characters than the other dramatists in that period. When creating Hamlet, Shakespeare indeed tried his best to reflect the life truly, but the period when he lived in and the personal sexual identity creates under the influence of that period decided his view of male power. It is just the times in which females were realized narrowly and the fact that Shakespeare was a masculine gender that the female images in Hamlet suffered a lot, and they have been represented as one kind of slaves in the history since they did not have any choice to do for their own shake. In the play Hamlet Gertrude and Ophelia are the two significant women characters in which the attitude of the dramatist explores. The central female character Gertrude married Claudius (murderer) second time after only two months later of king‟s death, she cannot win the heart of his first husband King Hamlet as well as the heart of second husband Claudius, even she is hated by her own son prince Hamlet. The study is a comprehensive analysis on the tragedy of Shakespeare‟s Hamlet focusing on deconstructive Feminism. The main hypothesis of the study is that women in Hamlet are represented as less important and negative labels and it has reinforced and toughened the patriarchy and patriarchal principles
The poem "The Farmer's Bride" describes the unhappy marriage of a farmer and his wife in the 19th century. The farmer married a woman out of convenience rather than love. The wife is unhappy and fearful in the marriage, comparing herself to frightened animals. She tries to run away but the farmer locks her in the house. Though he admires her beauty, the marriage lacks intimacy and affection, with the wife sleeping separately from her husband in the attic. The poem suggests the marriage is loveless and unhappy for both due to the social norms of the time.
This piece of writing was an introduction to a book of poetry by a friend. The book was entitled: Occasions of Grace. The book was published in 1992 by George Ronald Oxford The book of my essays about the poetry of Roger White is available in cyberspace at Baha'i Library Online and at Juxta Publishing in Hong Kong.
When We Two Parted is a poem by Lord Byron about the end of a romantic relationship. The narrator, believed to be Byron himself, expresses feelings of sadness and regret over the separation. Throughout the poem, Byron conveys his lingering emotions for his former partner. The parting caused the narrator great sorrow that has not abated over time, suggesting the relationship ended due to broken promises and betrayal that continue to pain him. The poem establishes a bleak tone of despair through descriptions of silence, tears, sickness, and emotional detachment at the moment of separation and afterward.
Power, self, and other the absurd in boesman and lena(1)UJ colezzane
1. Boesman and Lena by Athol Fugard explores the absurdity of the lives of two homeless characters living under apartheid in South Africa. Their relationship reflects the power dynamics between oppressors and oppressed under apartheid.
2. Boesman takes on the role of oppressor, bullying Lena into submission, despite both characters being oppressed by the white power structure. Lena seeks recognition and community to give her life meaning, while Boesman denies her this to avoid confronting his own absurd situation.
3. The characters are trapped in an endless cycle of walking between towns with no true home or community. While their situation seems hopeless, Lena decides to continue walking with Boesman in hopes he may recognize her
The poem "The Thorn" by William Wordsworth describes a thornbush on a mountaintop that is the supposed location of a child's grave. The poem reveals the backstory of a destitute woman named Martha Ray, who was abandoned while pregnant by her lover Stephen Hill. Martha frequently visits the mountaintop lamenting her lost child. The reliable narrator relays the local gossip surrounding Martha, which variously suggests she committed infanticide or that the child never existed. The fate of Martha and her child remains ambiguous, though nature is vividly described and seems to mirror Martha's turmoil. The thornbush becomes a symbol of the joy and suffering of life.
The Dual Female Space in Byron’s Turkish TalesAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: Since our existence is defined by the concept of space, our social lives therefore are defined by spatial relationships. The theory of space has developed a dynamic representation of the conception and creation of relationships, especially gender relations. Gender cannot be considered by neglecting the issue of space since both are interrelated. Females, however, occupy restricted spaces in spite of the multifarious positions males freely occupy. In fact, space is a maternal/feminized entity according to Luce Irigaray, Elaine Showalter, Gayatri Spivak, Julia Kristeva, Plato, William Blake and I. A. Richards. To feminists, space is perceived through the lens of male power and female resistance. The urge of women writers to reduce gender discrimination and sexual stereotyping during the Romantic Movement was visible in Lord Byron‘s poems. Byron‘s controversial sexuality—awareness of his feminine side—is in itself a unique existential space placing him among artists that reveal both gender sides: the meek and bold. This study investigates how Byron pictured the space his feminine heroes occupied in his Turkish tales and distinguishable version of the ―female other. It offers a feminist reading of three of Byron‘s Turkish tales: The Giaour (1813), The Bride of Abydos (1813) and The Corsair (1814) and explores the figurative spaces that Byron allocates for his Turkish heroines.
The document provides biographical information about 19th century British poets Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Christina Rossetti, who were both involved with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood artistic movement. It then analyzes Rossetti's poem "Troy Town" discussing its themes of eroticism and destruction. Finally, it examines Thomas Hardy's poem "Neutral Tones" through analyzing its form, symbols, and exploration of the modern loss of imagination.
In the history of English literature, William Shakespeare is remarked as the giant of the Renaissance and history of the world dramas. The greatest dramatist Shakespeare was really better at portraying the female characters than the other dramatists in that period. When creating Hamlet, Shakespeare indeed tried his best to reflect the life truly, but the period when he lived in and the personal sexual identity creates under the influence of that period decided his view of male power. It is just the times in which females were realized narrowly and the fact that Shakespeare was a masculine gender that the female images in Hamlet suffered a lot, and they have been represented as one kind of slaves in the history since they did not have any choice to do for their own shake. In the play Hamlet Gertrude and Ophelia are the two significant women characters in which the attitude of the dramatist explores. The central female character Gertrude married Claudius (murderer) second time after only two months later of king‟s death, she cannot win the heart of his first husband King Hamlet as well as the heart of second husband Claudius, even she is hated by her own son prince Hamlet. The study is a comprehensive analysis on the tragedy of Shakespeare‟s Hamlet focusing on deconstructive Feminism. The main hypothesis of the study is that women in Hamlet are represented as less important and negative labels and it has reinforced and toughened the patriarchy and patriarchal principles
The poem "The Farmer's Bride" describes the unhappy marriage of a farmer and his wife in the 19th century. The farmer married a woman out of convenience rather than love. The wife is unhappy and fearful in the marriage, comparing herself to frightened animals. She tries to run away but the farmer locks her in the house. Though he admires her beauty, the marriage lacks intimacy and affection, with the wife sleeping separately from her husband in the attic. The poem suggests the marriage is loveless and unhappy for both due to the social norms of the time.
This piece of writing was an introduction to a book of poetry by a friend. The book was entitled: Occasions of Grace. The book was published in 1992 by George Ronald Oxford The book of my essays about the poetry of Roger White is available in cyberspace at Baha'i Library Online and at Juxta Publishing in Hong Kong.
When We Two Parted is a poem by Lord Byron about the end of a romantic relationship. The narrator, believed to be Byron himself, expresses feelings of sadness and regret over the separation. Throughout the poem, Byron conveys his lingering emotions for his former partner. The parting caused the narrator great sorrow that has not abated over time, suggesting the relationship ended due to broken promises and betrayal that continue to pain him. The poem establishes a bleak tone of despair through descriptions of silence, tears, sickness, and emotional detachment at the moment of separation and afterward.
In this essay, the author analyzes Robert Browning's poems "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" and their portrayal of women. In "My Last Duchess", the Duke has killed his wife because she did not give him complete devotion and control. In "Porphyria's Lover", the lover kills Porphyria, a woman from a high social class, because he fears her family's disapproval of their relationship will cause her to reject him. Both poems depict men who desire absolute control and ownership of women, even to the point of murder. Browning uses these poems to illustrate that in Victorian society, women's identities and self-worth were often defined by
This document contains an agenda and instructions for a literature lesson on the poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning. It includes:
1. A group discussion activity where students analyze statements and rank characters from most to least guilty.
2. Background information on the poet Robert Browning and context about his life and works.
3. Comprehension and analysis questions for students to consider about the poem.
4. An activity where students analyze different sections of the poem in groups and then share their findings.
- The poem is about rescuing a harmonium musical instrument from being discarded at a church.
- The narrator and his father carry the heavy harmonium out of the church, triggering memories for the narrator of singing in the church choir with his father during his childhood.
- At the end, the father jokes that the next thing carried out may be his coffin, upsetting the narrator who is left tongue-tied in response.
This summarizes a scholarly essay analyzing Philip Roth's novel Exit Ghost. It argues that the protagonist Nathan Zuckerman constructs a sexualized and masculine version of New York City in his mind as he returns after many years in exile. However, this vision fails to acknowledge the profound impact of 9/11 and the absence of the Twin Towers, representing a "misreading" of the real, post-9/11 city. Zuckerman channels his desires into fictional dialogues rather than real relationships, and ultimately his constructed identity and vision of New York cannot be reconciled with the changed reality around him.
This document provides an in-depth analysis of the poem "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning. It examines the poetic devices, form, structure, imagery, tone, and context of the work. The analysis notes that the poem tells the story of a psychopath calmly murdering his lover through its use of an unusual rhyme scheme, dramatic monologue form, and disturbing yet calm narrative voice. It also explores how the poem reflects Victorian social attitudes and Browning's interest in exploring twisted psychology through his dramatic monologues.
The poem "The Moon and Yew Tree" by Sylvia Plath explores her complex relationships with the three most influential figures in her life - her dead father, her emotionally distant mother, and her estranged husband Ted Hughes. The moon represents Plath's mother and is depicted as a cold, uncaring figure that provides no comfort. The yew tree symbolizes religion and male authority, which are portrayed as dark, Gothic, and unsympathetic. Despite finding no solace in these figures, Plath conveys a sense of female rebellion and empowerment by comparing herself to God and imbuing the moon with goddess-like, powerful traits.
This document provides an analysis of T.S Eliot's poem "A Game of Chess" from his work "The Waste Land". It argues that the poem uses decaying relationships as a reflection of the breakdown of society. It describes how the relationships portrayed in the poem are twisted and lonely, filled with images of violence and death. It also examines Eliot's possible inspiration from his own unhappy marriage. Through literary allusions and symbolic language, the poem depicts relationships that are desperate, manufactured, and doomed to fail, mirroring Eliot's view of society after World War 1.
The document provides background on Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises. It discusses how the novel portrayed the characters of Jake and Brett, who exert influence over others with generosity but experience personal and spiritual alienation. This leads them to desire an escape from reality through alcohol or travel. The document analyzes how their inability to find love or meaning traps them in a cycle of alienation and searching to remove themselves from their shallow world.
This document discusses key motifs and symbols in Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights. The three main motifs are doubles, repetition, and the conflict between nature and culture. Doubles include Catherine and Heathcliff seeing themselves as identical, as well as opposing houses representing different worlds. Repetition includes the past repeating itself in the present. Nature is symbolized by the Earnshaw family and moors, while culture is represented by the Linton family and Thrushcross Grange. Ghosts in the novel also add an ambiguous, symbolic element.
Religious and Solar Symbolism Implied by Individual Words and their Combined...Julian Scutts
The document discusses religious and solar symbolism implied in Robert Browning's poem "The Pied Piper of Hamelin". It argues that references to the sun, New Testament, and words with biblical meanings are present throughout the poem. It also analyzes specific words highlighted in yellow (related to the sun) and blue (related to religion) and how they contribute to the overarching religious themes and imagery in the poem despite being at the literal level. The document provides context on the legend that informed Browning's poem and scholarship that has noted its symbolic meanings.
This document analyzes and summarizes the portrayal of women in Shakespeare's comedies. It discusses how the female characters pursue love, freedom, and independence. They challenge social norms and restrictions to follow their own desires. The document also examines how Shakespeare depicted women as intelligent, brave, virtuous, and as dominating some of the plays through their personalities and wisdom. It argues his comedies reflected the growing influence of humanism and challenged traditional feudal values.
1) This poem by Emily Dickinson explores the impossibility of the speaker living with her beloved. She considers and rejects a variety of possibilities - living together, dying together, being reunited in heaven - finding each possibility barred due to the limitations of their earthly existence.
2) The speaker implies that living with her beloved would be like eternal life, which is symbolized by the Christian ritual of communion, and such a fulfillment could challenge God's paradise.
3) In the final stanza, the speaker accepts that they "must meet apart," separated by vast distances like oceans, communicating through prayer and sustained by the "white sustenance" of despair.
In the poem "Better Days" by A.F. Moritz, the narrator reflects nostalgically on his carefree youth and later struggles with adulthood through three distinct phases of his life - adolescence, early manhood, and old age. In his youth, he celebrates indulgent nights and rebellion. He later faces difficulties in his early adulthood characterized by poverty and struggle. In his old age, he finds tranquility but also regret for not appreciating his youth and for never speaking to a studious old man he admired. The poem uses vivid imagery and shifts in tone to contrast the euphoria of youth with the hardships of adulthood and wisdom of old age.
This poem, titled "Sister Maude", explores the jealousy and betrayal within a sisterly relationship. The narrator's lover was killed as a result of the actions of her jealous sister, Maude, who revealed the forbidden relationship to their parents. The narrator expresses her anger towards Maude for this betrayal and believes Maude deserves eternal damnation for her sins. The poem uses religious imagery and language to convey the seriousness of Maude's actions and the narrator's outrage towards her sister.
This document provides an analysis of how T.S. Eliot's poem "The Wasteland" references two other works - Thomas Middleton's play "Women Beware Women" and Shakespeare's poem "Venus and Adonis" - in its portrayal of gender roles and sexuality in early modern society. The analysis argues that Eliot underestimates the oppression of women in both works by focusing only on their use of female sexuality as a tool or weapon, without capturing the full criticism of gender relations. Comparing the two works shows that while they both depicted women using sexuality for gain or control, "Venus and Adonis" added the element of male sexuality also being objectified, which Eliot failed to
This document provides an analysis and summary of Roger White's poetry collection "One Bird One Cage One Flight". It discusses how White's poetry engages with the work of Emily Dickinson and explores themes of spirituality, death, and transcendence. The summary highlights that White's poetry in this collection focuses on Dickinson's life and spirit through repetition, and aims to commune with her across time through simpler language than her often complex work. It also notes that White's poetry addresses both personal and universal experiences, creating intimacy while maintaining anonymity about the poet's own life.
This document provides a critical analysis of T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". It analyzes how the poem uses dramatic monologue to convey the inner anxieties and vulnerabilities of the narrator, Prufrock. Specifically, it examines how Eliot employs literary devices like metaphor, imagery and word choice to reveal Prufrock's shy, egoistic and paralyzed personality. The analysis also discusses how the poem portrays the thoughts of a traditional western man in the early 1900s who is full of loneliness and indecision, unable to act or seize opportunities in life.
The poem "Quickdraw" uses imagery from western films to depict a modern relationship struggle through text messages and phone calls. It compares the fighting in the relationship to gunfights between cowboys. Through allusions to western movies and terms, it shows how arguments can escalate quickly through technology in the same way conflicts arose rapidly in westerns. In the end, the speaker is wounded by their fight but finds resolution through a series of loving text kisses from their partner, paralleling being shot with a silver bullet that kills the pain.
The poem "Brothers" describes an afternoon spent by an older brother with his younger brother and friend. While the older brother feels annoyed by his younger sibling at the time, the poem reflects on this moment from an adult perspective with regret for not treating his brother more kindly. Through descriptive imagery and dialogue, the three stages of the afternoon are recounted, from setting out together to the brothers' eventual separation at the end of the day when the younger brother misses his bus. Written in free verse without rhyme, the poem explores the inevitable distancing of siblings due to differences in age.
Isha Mahajan is a software engineer with over 1.2 years of experience in software development. She has worked as a junior software engineer at Eagle TK Infotech since August 2015 and previously as a developer trainee at Universal Informatics from January to July 2015. She has skills in languages like Java and frameworks like Hibernate and Struts. She also has experience with technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, and version control tools like Eclipse and NetBeans. At her current role, she works on projects like an EMR application and an online doctor appointment application. She holds an MCA in computer application with distinction from DAVV and has participated in hackathons.
This document from Layton Primary School lists the attendance percentages for each class from 30 June to 4 July 2014. Attendance ranged from 85% to 99% across classes, with most classes achieving over 95% attendance during this period. The highest attending class was Year 2 - 2A at 99% and the lowest was Year 3 - 3S at 85%.
In this essay, the author analyzes Robert Browning's poems "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" and their portrayal of women. In "My Last Duchess", the Duke has killed his wife because she did not give him complete devotion and control. In "Porphyria's Lover", the lover kills Porphyria, a woman from a high social class, because he fears her family's disapproval of their relationship will cause her to reject him. Both poems depict men who desire absolute control and ownership of women, even to the point of murder. Browning uses these poems to illustrate that in Victorian society, women's identities and self-worth were often defined by
This document contains an agenda and instructions for a literature lesson on the poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning. It includes:
1. A group discussion activity where students analyze statements and rank characters from most to least guilty.
2. Background information on the poet Robert Browning and context about his life and works.
3. Comprehension and analysis questions for students to consider about the poem.
4. An activity where students analyze different sections of the poem in groups and then share their findings.
- The poem is about rescuing a harmonium musical instrument from being discarded at a church.
- The narrator and his father carry the heavy harmonium out of the church, triggering memories for the narrator of singing in the church choir with his father during his childhood.
- At the end, the father jokes that the next thing carried out may be his coffin, upsetting the narrator who is left tongue-tied in response.
This summarizes a scholarly essay analyzing Philip Roth's novel Exit Ghost. It argues that the protagonist Nathan Zuckerman constructs a sexualized and masculine version of New York City in his mind as he returns after many years in exile. However, this vision fails to acknowledge the profound impact of 9/11 and the absence of the Twin Towers, representing a "misreading" of the real, post-9/11 city. Zuckerman channels his desires into fictional dialogues rather than real relationships, and ultimately his constructed identity and vision of New York cannot be reconciled with the changed reality around him.
This document provides an in-depth analysis of the poem "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning. It examines the poetic devices, form, structure, imagery, tone, and context of the work. The analysis notes that the poem tells the story of a psychopath calmly murdering his lover through its use of an unusual rhyme scheme, dramatic monologue form, and disturbing yet calm narrative voice. It also explores how the poem reflects Victorian social attitudes and Browning's interest in exploring twisted psychology through his dramatic monologues.
The poem "The Moon and Yew Tree" by Sylvia Plath explores her complex relationships with the three most influential figures in her life - her dead father, her emotionally distant mother, and her estranged husband Ted Hughes. The moon represents Plath's mother and is depicted as a cold, uncaring figure that provides no comfort. The yew tree symbolizes religion and male authority, which are portrayed as dark, Gothic, and unsympathetic. Despite finding no solace in these figures, Plath conveys a sense of female rebellion and empowerment by comparing herself to God and imbuing the moon with goddess-like, powerful traits.
This document provides an analysis of T.S Eliot's poem "A Game of Chess" from his work "The Waste Land". It argues that the poem uses decaying relationships as a reflection of the breakdown of society. It describes how the relationships portrayed in the poem are twisted and lonely, filled with images of violence and death. It also examines Eliot's possible inspiration from his own unhappy marriage. Through literary allusions and symbolic language, the poem depicts relationships that are desperate, manufactured, and doomed to fail, mirroring Eliot's view of society after World War 1.
The document provides background on Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises. It discusses how the novel portrayed the characters of Jake and Brett, who exert influence over others with generosity but experience personal and spiritual alienation. This leads them to desire an escape from reality through alcohol or travel. The document analyzes how their inability to find love or meaning traps them in a cycle of alienation and searching to remove themselves from their shallow world.
This document discusses key motifs and symbols in Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights. The three main motifs are doubles, repetition, and the conflict between nature and culture. Doubles include Catherine and Heathcliff seeing themselves as identical, as well as opposing houses representing different worlds. Repetition includes the past repeating itself in the present. Nature is symbolized by the Earnshaw family and moors, while culture is represented by the Linton family and Thrushcross Grange. Ghosts in the novel also add an ambiguous, symbolic element.
Religious and Solar Symbolism Implied by Individual Words and their Combined...Julian Scutts
The document discusses religious and solar symbolism implied in Robert Browning's poem "The Pied Piper of Hamelin". It argues that references to the sun, New Testament, and words with biblical meanings are present throughout the poem. It also analyzes specific words highlighted in yellow (related to the sun) and blue (related to religion) and how they contribute to the overarching religious themes and imagery in the poem despite being at the literal level. The document provides context on the legend that informed Browning's poem and scholarship that has noted its symbolic meanings.
This document analyzes and summarizes the portrayal of women in Shakespeare's comedies. It discusses how the female characters pursue love, freedom, and independence. They challenge social norms and restrictions to follow their own desires. The document also examines how Shakespeare depicted women as intelligent, brave, virtuous, and as dominating some of the plays through their personalities and wisdom. It argues his comedies reflected the growing influence of humanism and challenged traditional feudal values.
1) This poem by Emily Dickinson explores the impossibility of the speaker living with her beloved. She considers and rejects a variety of possibilities - living together, dying together, being reunited in heaven - finding each possibility barred due to the limitations of their earthly existence.
2) The speaker implies that living with her beloved would be like eternal life, which is symbolized by the Christian ritual of communion, and such a fulfillment could challenge God's paradise.
3) In the final stanza, the speaker accepts that they "must meet apart," separated by vast distances like oceans, communicating through prayer and sustained by the "white sustenance" of despair.
In the poem "Better Days" by A.F. Moritz, the narrator reflects nostalgically on his carefree youth and later struggles with adulthood through three distinct phases of his life - adolescence, early manhood, and old age. In his youth, he celebrates indulgent nights and rebellion. He later faces difficulties in his early adulthood characterized by poverty and struggle. In his old age, he finds tranquility but also regret for not appreciating his youth and for never speaking to a studious old man he admired. The poem uses vivid imagery and shifts in tone to contrast the euphoria of youth with the hardships of adulthood and wisdom of old age.
This poem, titled "Sister Maude", explores the jealousy and betrayal within a sisterly relationship. The narrator's lover was killed as a result of the actions of her jealous sister, Maude, who revealed the forbidden relationship to their parents. The narrator expresses her anger towards Maude for this betrayal and believes Maude deserves eternal damnation for her sins. The poem uses religious imagery and language to convey the seriousness of Maude's actions and the narrator's outrage towards her sister.
This document provides an analysis of how T.S. Eliot's poem "The Wasteland" references two other works - Thomas Middleton's play "Women Beware Women" and Shakespeare's poem "Venus and Adonis" - in its portrayal of gender roles and sexuality in early modern society. The analysis argues that Eliot underestimates the oppression of women in both works by focusing only on their use of female sexuality as a tool or weapon, without capturing the full criticism of gender relations. Comparing the two works shows that while they both depicted women using sexuality for gain or control, "Venus and Adonis" added the element of male sexuality also being objectified, which Eliot failed to
This document provides an analysis and summary of Roger White's poetry collection "One Bird One Cage One Flight". It discusses how White's poetry engages with the work of Emily Dickinson and explores themes of spirituality, death, and transcendence. The summary highlights that White's poetry in this collection focuses on Dickinson's life and spirit through repetition, and aims to commune with her across time through simpler language than her often complex work. It also notes that White's poetry addresses both personal and universal experiences, creating intimacy while maintaining anonymity about the poet's own life.
This document provides a critical analysis of T.S. Eliot's poem "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". It analyzes how the poem uses dramatic monologue to convey the inner anxieties and vulnerabilities of the narrator, Prufrock. Specifically, it examines how Eliot employs literary devices like metaphor, imagery and word choice to reveal Prufrock's shy, egoistic and paralyzed personality. The analysis also discusses how the poem portrays the thoughts of a traditional western man in the early 1900s who is full of loneliness and indecision, unable to act or seize opportunities in life.
The poem "Quickdraw" uses imagery from western films to depict a modern relationship struggle through text messages and phone calls. It compares the fighting in the relationship to gunfights between cowboys. Through allusions to western movies and terms, it shows how arguments can escalate quickly through technology in the same way conflicts arose rapidly in westerns. In the end, the speaker is wounded by their fight but finds resolution through a series of loving text kisses from their partner, paralleling being shot with a silver bullet that kills the pain.
The poem "Brothers" describes an afternoon spent by an older brother with his younger brother and friend. While the older brother feels annoyed by his younger sibling at the time, the poem reflects on this moment from an adult perspective with regret for not treating his brother more kindly. Through descriptive imagery and dialogue, the three stages of the afternoon are recounted, from setting out together to the brothers' eventual separation at the end of the day when the younger brother misses his bus. Written in free verse without rhyme, the poem explores the inevitable distancing of siblings due to differences in age.
Isha Mahajan is a software engineer with over 1.2 years of experience in software development. She has worked as a junior software engineer at Eagle TK Infotech since August 2015 and previously as a developer trainee at Universal Informatics from January to July 2015. She has skills in languages like Java and frameworks like Hibernate and Struts. She also has experience with technologies like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, MySQL, and version control tools like Eclipse and NetBeans. At her current role, she works on projects like an EMR application and an online doctor appointment application. She holds an MCA in computer application with distinction from DAVV and has participated in hackathons.
This document from Layton Primary School lists the attendance percentages for each class from 30 June to 4 July 2014. Attendance ranged from 85% to 99% across classes, with most classes achieving over 95% attendance during this period. The highest attending class was Year 2 - 2A at 99% and the lowest was Year 3 - 3S at 85%.
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El documento resume varios delitos contra la propiedad descritos en el Código Penal venezolano, incluyendo la estafa, la apropiación indebida, la usurpación y la perturbación de la posesión pacífica. Define la propiedad y explica que los delitos contra la propiedad son importantes porque muchas actividades delictivas se dirigen contra el patrimonio. Resume los elementos de la estafa y varias formas de apropiación indebida. También describe los delitos de usurpación e invasión de propiedad ajena, así como la perturbación de la poses
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1. Brittney Cannon
Dr. Balizet
Shakespeare and Marlowe
8 May 2014
An Exploration into Power Roles
It is undeniable that strong correlations exist between the plays of
Shakespeare and those of Marlowe. As contemporaries, the influence of Marlowe
played a heavy role in the content of Shakespeare's works; however, thematically,
their plays both contain social commentary upon culture, society, and human
nature. While sometimes these reflections reach the same conclusions, in some
cases they differ dramatically. The Tempest and Tamburlaine the Great are two
works that are not often studied in companion with each other, yet through the
relationships between the characters and the power structures at play within the
texts, both pieces highlight power roles at play, both within the family unit and
amongst society. The characters of these pieces explore power dynamics within
various settings and relationships, revealing perceived truths about the nature of
power.
The most prominent experiments of power in these two plays involves the
surprisingly positive results when it goes unchecked. Both works feature a
powerful individual that meets no downfall, reaching only greater heights of
power until ultimately achieving success in his endeavors. Within The Tempest,
Prospero is a man talented in the art of magic and in control of a sizable
collection of similarly fantastical minions. Throughout the action of the play,
Prospero meets resistance, none of which slows or impedes his actions or
2. intentions. Similarly, in Tamburlaine the Great, the title character is a warrior of
humble upbringing but impressive physical stature. His ultimate goal is
essentially world domination, and he achieves that easily. His only reservations
or hesitations occur when he has declared battle upon his love's father; seeing her
distress over the situation is the closest Tamburlaine ever comes to any measure
of defeat. The limitless power of these two characters breaks away from
traditional literary conventions, as infallible characters cannot be related to by
the audience. It is through other means that these characters are empathized
with and supported. For example, the value of Tamburlaine's character is gauged
through the loyalty and fortitude with which is friends and companions support
him:
We are his friends, and if the Persian king
Should offer present dukedoms to our state,
We think it loss to make exchange for that
We are assured of by our friend's success. (1.2.214-7)
Upon witnessing this display of loyalty, the audience feels more inclined to favor
his character. Likewise, in Prospero's case, his sympathy, judiciousness, and
ultimately friendship with his minion Ariel raises emotions of admiration and
appreciation, such as during his final dismissal of his servant, saying, “My Ariel,
chick, / That is thy charge. Then to the elements / Be free, and fare thou well”
(316-8). These twocharacters elicit sympathy and understanding despite their
untouchable and unbeatable power. The likeability of such a character as well as
they their characterization as protagonists of their respective introduces the
possibility of a benevolent, but absolute ruler. While the concept of such
3. characters seems impossible and creates a distance between the audience and the
omnipotent character, Tamburlaine and Prospero manage to present that
possibility in an unthreatening fashion and their lack of demise at the conclusion
of their respective works does not pose an issue.
Another power dynamic presented in both works appears through the
motif of a father's power over her daughter. Its is on this point that
representations within the two plays come to differing conclusions. Tobegin
with, the Renaissance family does not follow the typical familial structure of
modern relationships, but rather “the ideals of the Florentine family...embodied
architecturally in the Renaissance palace, which not only created the perfect
setting for the family's retreat for into domesticity, but also symbolized its
aspirations for dynastic continuity and prestige” (Diefendorf 663). This emphasis
upon the importance of the continuity of a family name suggests that the
importance placed upon each family member was not based on virtues such as
love and loyalty but rather potential for benefitting the family ultimately. While
daughters could not perpetuate the name, she could bring honor and prestige to
the family through a profitable marriage that promised upward movement
through the social classes, raising the reputation of the family name along with
her by association. In fact, this is exactly what Prosperosets into motion through
enchanting a romance between his very own daughter and the Prince, ensuring
that regardless of the outcome of his struggle to reclaim his usurped title, his
daughter and thus his family line would be secured by their relationship and
presumed future marriage. The tale of Tamburlaine the Great illuminates quite a
differing relationship between father and daughter. This power struggle is
4. illuminated through the relationship between Tamburlaine's love interest
Zenocrate and her father, the Sultan. Throughout the majority of the text,
Zenocrate and her father are separated as Tamburlaine brings her into his
company at the very early stages of the play. Eventually, Tamburlaine comes to a
point where he is forced to challenge his beloved's father in an attempt to
conquer his land. Zenocrate pleads with him that he spare her father, but
Tamburlaine is prohibited from backing away from this challenge by his honor
and pride. Zenocrate waits and observes in horror as her love follows through
with his word. Zenocrate and her father are later reunited as his life was spared,
but in that moment, Zenocrate chose her love over her husband, making a clear
statement as to who held power over her. In contrast, Miranda, Prospero's
daughter, allows her father to keep her love imprisoned and enslaved throughout
Prospero's entire secret plot to have them wed. Shakespeare's characters behave
upon the principle that the father has absolute power and control over his
daughter and all aspects of her life, while Marlowe's characters assert that once a
daughter finds love, she abandons her father's control for that of her beloved. In
both cases, the question begs to be answered as to why the daughters defer power
over them to the men in their lives, which can be explained by an examination of
the role of women in the Renaissance:
Women were characterized and largely controlled not in relation to
their natural capacities (although medical tradition conceived of
women as imperfect men, by nature incapable of higher thought
and rationality), but according to a set of views that denied they
were capable of entering fully into human culture other than the
5. culture of the household or family. (“Renaissance”)
These women allowed themselves tobe controlled by the men in their life,
because they existed in a culture that saw them as subordinate to men and
incapable of being autonomous. Thus, Prospero manipulated his daughter on
behalf of what would greater benefit their family as a whole in the long run, while
Tamburlaine ignored the concerns of his beloved as her capacity for
understanding could not take his pride and honor into account given the
situation. While both women are controlled by powerful male figures in their
lives, Zenocrate represents the ideal of a woman's lord being her suitor over her
father while Miranda operates on the virtue that her father knows what is best for
her in the long run and her feelings take a secondary position in governing her
life.
The final assessment of the power dynamics represented in these two plays
takes a look at the historical significance of social hierarchies during the
Renaissance and depicts that the social mobility expressed in these two works
reflects upon the unrest and desire for upward movement of the Renaissance
middle class. Each protagonist challenges the governing individuals in power,
defying the social limitations of the Renaissance social hierarchy. During the
Renaissance, economic mobility of the middle class was made possible, and the
lower classes that were forced to remain with those of their rank throughout the
middle ages were eager for an attempt at upward mobility now that the economic
state of Europe was in a vulnerable state:
The long term effects of plague and agricultural depression were to
assist the change from feudalism to bastard feudalism which other
6. developments in social and political life were producing ... The lords
… found their incomes decaying and their assets deteriorating, a
fact which helps to explain their violent unrest, cut-throat
competition, and lawless and ruthless fight for advantages. (Siegel
478)
According to G. R. Elton, “bastard feudalism” is defined as “the patronage system
in which, although superficially the relationship continued to be feudal, relying
on on personal loyalties; in actuality it was based on payment, though the
unstable tendencies in it were balanced by the persistence of personal family
ties” (3). Tamburlaine is the most appropriate representative of the attitude of
the middle class toward kinship with one another while simultaneously desiring
greatly toupset the upper class and gain the title he was denied by birth, as he
professes in his monologue during his first encounter with Zenocrate:
But lady, this fair face and heavenly hue
Must grace his bed that conquers Asia
And means to be a terror tothe world,
Measuring the limits of his emprey
By east and west as Phoebus doth his course.
Lie here, ye weeds that I disdain to wear!
This complete armour and this curtle-axe
Are adjuncts more beseeming Tamburlaine.
And, madam, whatsoever you esteem
Of this success, and loss unvaluéd,
Both may invest you empress of the East;
7. And these that seem but silly country swains
May have the leading of so great an host
As with their weight shall make the mountains quake,
Even as when windy exhalations,
Fighting for passage tilt within the earth. (1.2.36-51)
Tamburlaine's desire to cast off his shepherd's clothing and pursue his elite
aspirations is emblematic of the restlessness amongst the lower classes now
presented with a newfound possibility for upward mobility, becoming an icon of
hope due to his complete success conquering all of Asia and marrying the
daughter of a sultan after coming from a humble shepherd's household. Amongst
the classes, there was certain tone of unity that encouraged loyalty to others of
one's same rank while simultaneously inciting class warfare, as “their conflicts
were class conflicts; their political aspirations were based in social class; and
their political behavior was class behavior. They were economic beings whose
ambitions and interests stemmed from the imperatives of class” (Brudney 511). A
person's entire character and identity was identified by his social status and class
identification. Thus, it is having his title stolen from him that leads Prospero to
set into action his plot in The Tempest. Having been born of nobility only to have
his title usurped by his own brother, his entire motivation behind causing the
shipwreck, enchanting Ferdinand the prince to fall in love with his daughter, and
terrorizing the nobles that abandoned him and allowed for his exile with displays
of his magical abilities was to regain his status as a noble rather than an exiled
man on a deserted island with no other company aside from his daughter and his
minions. Tamburlaine and Prospero both challenge the Renaissance social class
8. system in unique ways; Tamburlaine by asserting his physical prowess and
simply taking the social status that he desires by force and Prospero by
challenging the hierarchy that unseated him and exiled him, forcing them into
returning his title and marrying his daughter to the prince.
The two plays of The Tempest and Tamburlaine the Great, while not the
closest related of Shakespeare and Marlowe's plays regarding plot and subject
matter, both raise strong implications about power. The main characters in both
plays explores an individual with no opponents that pose a reasonable threat to
their power and have no ultimate downfall. Their power continues to grow until
each individual reaches their intended goal, at which time the plays conclude.
Characters with no weakness or foes of equal strength defy the literary norms and
express a unique power dynamic among the fellow characters. Similarly, the
plays both challenge societal hierarchies by breaking out from their nobility
imposed enclosures, whether literal exile or exile of the lower class, demanding
the social distinctions that they feel they deserve and then claiming them as
theirs. Tamburlaine and Prosperoboth represent power figures, however, in
relation to the women in their lives their role is slightly different. Prospero is a
father who manipulates his daughter and charms her into falling in love with a
prince so that they may marry, and his social elitism is further secured. His
control over his daughter is absolute. This reflects the relationship between
Tamburlaine and his love Zenocrate, but as his love is also all controlling of her,
he is able to sway her to his side, even to the extent that she continues to love him
despite his possibly killing her father. While Prospero's power draws his
daughter closer to his power, Tamburlaine conversely draws a daughter away
9. from the power of her father. These twoimpressive men present a unique and
infallible source of power, representing the mindset of the general population of
the time, committing to taking the power that they desire and achieving it all.
10. Works Cited:
Brudney, Kent M. “Machiavelli on Social Class and Class Conflict.” Political
Theory. 12.4 (1984) : 507-19.
Diefendorf, Barbara B. “Family Culture, Renaissance Culture.” Renaissance
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Elton, G. R. England Under The Tudors. London: Methuen, 1955.
Marlowe, Christopher. “Tamburlaine the Great.” Doctor Faustus and Other
Plays. Ed. David Bevington and Eric Rasmussen. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2008. 1-68.
“Renaissance.” Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender. Vol. 4. Detroit: Macmillan
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