Chinese Chivalry and Western Knight Spirit Chinese chivalry which has long history in China is an important element of traditional Chinese culture and Western knight spirit which has much the same as Chinese chivalry is also flowering in the Middle Ages These two cultural spirits have showed themselves in two very important works named the Sir Gawain and the Green knight which is known as a masterpiece of the European romantic verse and Heroes of the Marshes which is one of the Four Masterpiece
In Shakespeares tragedy history Roman play Antony and Cleopatra we are told the story of two passionate and power hungry lovers In the first two Acts of the play we are introduced to some of the problems and dilemmas facing the couple such as the fact that they are entwined in an adulterous relationship and that both of them are forced to show their devotion to Caesar Along with being introduced to Antony and Cleopatras strange love affair we are introduced to some interesting secondary charact
SONNET ARGUMENT PORTRAYING DONNES WIT AND SYMBOLISM HOLY SONNETS VIII AND XVII The two subjects in which John Donne went deepest are those which try the understanding most love and religion mentions George Williamson Furthermore he pointed out From these twin sources flow significant currents in English poetry Love poetry could never be quite the same after him and religious verse that is also poetry descends from him Many critics for years focused on one of these currents The Songs and Sonets
I believe that the play A Midsummer Nights Dream reflect aspect of Shakespeares context I believe this because A Midsummer Nights Dream follows the basic structure and pattern of a Shakespearean comedy A Midsummer Nights Dream follows this pattern because Elizabethans expected it The template of a Shakespearean comedy contained love clever use of language and Magic The prime theme of a Shakespearean comedy is love Love is important in Shakespearean comedies because love is the foundation of Sha
From time immemorial poems expressing love and beauty have always been a common theme Lovers are always portrayed on a pedestal possessing ethereal goddess like qualities However in Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare metaphoric contrast is used to depict his mistress as a rare natural beauty Shakespeare ridicules the traditional expression of love while successfully expressing his own The rhyme scheme of this sonnet follows an abab cdcd efef gg pattern As a Shakespearean sonnet it is organized i
How does the poet powerfully convey the sorrow of human life in sonnet 29 In Sonnet 29 Edna St Vincent Millay uses loss and pain in love and features in the nature as devises to reflect the sorrows of human life By using multiple metaphors Millay was able to associate her personal melancholy with certain aspects of nature which helps to emphasize the sorrow in human life At the start of the poem Millay encapsulates the sorrow of loss in the four starting lines In the first two lines Millay uses
At midnight through an accumulated snowfall of some two feet a young Ethan Frome walks the quiet streets of Starkfield Near the edge of the village he stops in front of the community church where a dance is being held He makes his way around the churchs perimeter and settles in front of a basement window craning his neck to get a view of the festivities The dance is concluding and the assembled group is preparing to leave But when the young handsome and energetic Denis Eady jumps back onto the
God makes all things good Therefore God has good intentions as he makes the first humans Adam and Eve Now to blame one person for the fall of mankind does not seem right It sounds irrational when someone takes a blame that he she does not deserve In John Miltons Paradise Lost it seems as though Eve causes humankinds fall by eating from the tree of knowledge However a closer look at the text reveals that in fact Eve does not deserve the blame for falling into temptation In John Miltons epic poem
Shakespeares Macbeth was written during a time of great superstition demonology and the ideology of the divine king A king was more than a figurehead of power but a man who is appointed by God as a deputy on Earth with absolute power Kingship was part of the natural order and one could not upset this order in the eyes of God Demonology and superstition were part of Elizabethan life and affected the way many lived The fact that a man of such power as King James I was known to believe in demonolo
What thoughts come to mind when you think of The Lottery Positive thoughts including money a new home excitement and happiness are all associated with the lottery in most cases However this is not the case in Shirley Jacksons short story The Lottery Here the characters in the story are not gambling for money instead they are gambling for their life A shock that surprises the reader as she unveils this horrifying tradition in the village on this beautiful summer day This gamble for their life is