Montressor lured his friend Fortunato into his damp, nitre-encrusted wine vaults under the guise of sharing Amontillado, getting Fortunato drunk as they descended deeper. At the most remote end, Montressor began constructing a niche in the wall and chained Fortunato inside, sealing him in as he begged, then finished the masonry and left with the motto "In pace requiescat", having taken revenge on Fortunato for some undisclosed insult with the family motto "Nemo me impune lacessit" (No one harms me with impunity).
The poem discusses the fleeting nature of beauty and love found in nature. The nymph rejects the shepherd's love and gifts because she recognizes that the pleasures of the natural world are temporary. Spring and youth do not last, as shown by imagery of fading flowers, withering fields yielding to winter, and decaying gowns and garments. While love and delight in nature might move her now, their beauty will not endure. If youth and love could last forever without growing old or needing fulfillment, then she might feel differently.
The document summarizes Christopher Marlowe's pastoral poem "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" in three parts:
1) It describes the pastoral poem genre as focusing on idealized depictions of simple rural life. Characters are typically shepherds.
2) The speaker hopes to live with and enjoy nature's beauty with his love.
3) The speaker makes promises to please his love and persuade her, presenting a final imagery of men singing and dancing in love if she accepts.
Montressor lured his friend Fortunato into his damp, nitre-encrusted wine vaults under the guise of sharing Amontillado, getting Fortunato drunk as they descended deeper. At the most remote end, Montressor began constructing a niche in the wall and chained Fortunato inside, sealing him in as he begged, then finished the masonry and left with the motto "In pace requiescat", having taken revenge on Fortunato for some undisclosed insult with the family motto "Nemo me impune lacessit" (No one harms me with impunity).
The poem discusses the fleeting nature of beauty and love found in nature. The nymph rejects the shepherd's love and gifts because she recognizes that the pleasures of the natural world are temporary. Spring and youth do not last, as shown by imagery of fading flowers, withering fields yielding to winter, and decaying gowns and garments. While love and delight in nature might move her now, their beauty will not endure. If youth and love could last forever without growing old or needing fulfillment, then she might feel differently.
The document summarizes Christopher Marlowe's pastoral poem "The Passionate Shepherd To His Love" in three parts:
1) It describes the pastoral poem genre as focusing on idealized depictions of simple rural life. Characters are typically shepherds.
2) The speaker hopes to live with and enjoy nature's beauty with his love.
3) The speaker makes promises to please his love and persuade her, presenting a final imagery of men singing and dancing in love if she accepts.