How Might You Interpret The World Of The Fairies In A Midsummer Nights Dream?
How Might You Interpret The World Of The Fairies In A Midsummer Nights Dream? Mid summer nights dream is one of William Shakespeare earlier plays, it was written in the late fifteen hundreds. The title suggests that the play was set in the midsummer, on the shortest night of the year; it being on the shortest night of the year gives that mystical eeriness about the play. Within the play there are three worlds each having its own set of people. The three sets of characters within the play are, the nobles, the mechanicals and the fairies. The nobles were the wealthy people living and ruling in Athens. The characters from this group are Theseus, Theseus is the duke of Athens, and he is getting married to Hippolyta in four nights. Because Theseus is the duke of Athens when people have problems within their lives they go to see, so he can lead them in the right direction. Egeus is also a noble, he is the father of Hermia, Hermia loves Lysander and Lysander loves Hermia, but Hermia's father want his daughter to marry demetrius, Demetrius is also a noble like Lysander, either is better than the other, but Demetrius left his ex-lover Helena how still loves him, how ever he does not love her. Egeus goes to the duke of Athens Theseus to tell him about his daughter wrong doings. In Athens the daughter had to do as her father told her. Egeus tell Theseus "But either happy is the rose
Discuss the details of 'love and loss' poems that we have studied and the different techniques used by the author to express their love.
ENgLiSh cOuRsEwOrK- lOvE AnD LoSs cOuRsEwOrK By MoNa fArSiMaDaN 11Y This essay tends to discuss the details of 'love and loss' poems that we have studied and the different techniques used by the author to express their love. 19TH Century poets tend to express their feelings about love and loss by using images from nature. The poem 'Birthday' written by Christina Rossetti portrays the idea of real love. She uses a lot of nature symbolism, and natural imagery suggests the intimacy and intensity of love. Christina Rossetti is most probably describing the love from her own experience with the man she once loved, called John Brett. In the first line she describes her 'heart is like a singing bird' that rests inside him, and because of that line the tone becomes much more happy. The singing bird also attracts a mate. The 'thickness fruit' indicates a sense of fertility. She describes her self as the tree that carries him in her heart. There are images of doves, which can be symbols of peace, marriage and love, which brings up the tone a lot in the poem as these are all positive images. She says 'peacock with a hundred eyes,' a peacock is a proud animal with beauty, so it can show a sign of her love as beauty, and also of attracting mates (with their feathers). 'Work it in gold and silver grapes' is associated with prosperity and sexual imagery. When she says 'my heart is a
Compare the ways in which 3 poets write about relationships.
Compare the ways in which 3 poets write about relationships Introduction 'To his coy mistress', 'Remember' and 'Since there's no help...' are all poems about relationships, the difference is the interpretation of the poet's message, structure and other various aspects of the poems. 'To his coy mistress' by Andrew Marvell and 'Since there's no help' by Michael Drayton were both written around the 16th and 17th centuries and explain very different characteristics of love. Drayton wrote a poem about the end of a relationship with a partner expressing that the love between them is dying. On the other hand Marvell writes, in a poetical way, someone's argument to a lover trying to persuade them to have sex with them. This poem captivates your attention with the extremes a man would go to have sex with a young virgin, unlike the other poems that are about two partners love for each other. Similarly to Draytons poem, about love in a relationship, Christina Rossetti wrote a poem in the late 19th century to her partner telling him what to remember about their time together. Themes/subject The poem 'To his coy mistress' starts with Marvell addressing the young lady, whom he wishes to be his lover that there is no time for her to be coy. Straight away this gives the impression that he's an intimidating and powerful man. 'Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were
I have been analysing several poems recently they are: When We Two Parted by Lord Byron, First Love by John Clare, Villegiature by Edith Nesbitt, Remember Christina Rossetti and How Do I Love Thee by Elizabeth Barratt Bro
How do the following 19th century poets deal with the theme of love? I have been analysing several poems recently they are: 'When We Two Parted' by Lord Byron, 'First Love' by John Clare, 'Villegiature' by Edith Nesbitt, 'Remember' - Christina Rossetti and 'How Do I Love Thee' by Elizabeth Barratt Browning. In this essay I intend to go into detail about how these poets explore the theme of love and the different elements of this emotion. The poets write from both the female and male perspective and write about their own accounts of love. Whilst some write about the utter joy love brings, a number of others tell us of the dark depressing feelings at the end of a relationship. The first poem I am going to write about is When We Two Parted, Lord Byron. Byron was infamous for his controversial relationships, once involving his own cousin. The poem is a personal account of grief resulting from the end of a secret, passionate relationship. Byron uses images of sadness to demonstrate the heart-rending emotions. 'In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted' These lines emphasise his feeling of grief. Why silence? It could be because it is a forbidden love and that is the reason why they have to cry in silence. The word "tears" clarify it was a painful loss. Also he uses the phrase 'Half broken-hearted' because his heart was broken but her heart wasn't. The poet uses emotive
Pre-Nineteenth Century Love Poems
Pre-Nineteenth Century Love Poems Analyse and Comparison of Pre-Nineteen century Love Poems Love can be expressed in a range of ways through words, songs, facial expressions, actions and poetry, which isn't as commonly used as it used to be. Love can also have different perceptions, some people would class love as people they care about, and there is infinite love, unconditional love, passionate love, sexual love, growing love and many other ways. People compare love to many different things to nature (which is a common one), past experiences, emotions, the colour red, subjects at school, and famous people. Love poems are away of flattering loved ones, making them feel special, its also away of seducing, basically telling your lover how feel about them. In my course work I will be looking at three different poems William Shakespeare "Sonnet 130" which shows unconditional love with a twist, John Dunne "The good morrow" which looks at the more familiar terms of lover and finally Elizabeth Barret Browning who looks at infinite love. All three of these poems have different use of imagery, styles, language and structure; they basically look at love in different way. They also have similarities, through out the essay though these will be explained. William Shakespeare is considered to be one of England's supreme poet and playwrights. He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon on
Comparing between Freedom and Lady of Shalott
Comparing between Freedom and Lady of Shalott In both poems, Freedom and Lady of Shalott, the titles are quite mysterious, as they don't give much information as to what the poem is about. When reading Freedom, we thought the poem would be about cages and being locked up. However, the poem turns out to be about love and relationships. We were surprised because love is thought to be good. The same happened when we read The Lady of Shalott, as it is a mysterious name, which only suggests that it is about a lady. After reading the poem we were surprised because the poem starts of being about cages and being locked up, but then changes and combines with love. When this happens we can see that both writers have the same opinion that love is painful and hurts. Although in freedom he talks about love being confined whereas in some way Lady of Shalott says that love sets you free. However, both writers express that love has consequences. Freedom is arranged effectively on the page as it is all in one verse. Although this poem is short, it doesn't matter because he gives us all the information. It suits being like this because it gets straight to the point he wants us to know about. Because this poem is set out like this it shows that he doesn't want you to question his views or think about them, he just want you to accept them. Also the way it is laid out creates an
Love Poetry - "To His Coy Mistress" and "Sonnets from the Portuguese (XLIII)"
How do Andrew Marvell and Elizabeth Barrett-Browning portray different attitudes towards love and relationships? Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress" and Elizabeth Barrett-Browning's "Sonnets from the Portuguese (XLIII)" display very different attitudes towards love. This is displayed through their uses of different techniques and different tones. In "To His Coy Mistress," Marvell expresses a cynical and aggressive attitude towards love. He does this by structuring an argument intended to persuade his speaker's mistress to give up her virginity. This is in direct comparison to "Sonnets from the Portuguese" as in this poem, Barret-Browning writes about her undying love for her husband to be. She writes about all the reasons she loves him without any need for something in return. Andrew Marvell lived from 1621 - 1678 in a time when women would have needed to find a husband to support them as soon as possible. This is shown through his use of possessive pronouns over the woman and the polite use of "Thou." At the time, the popular conventions of love were that men and women should be married before engaging in any kind of sexual relations. Girls would have married as young virgins to older men, who may have had mistresses. The speaker is probably writing to a younger woman to whom he is not married. This is evident in Marvell's writing as there is no female voice, which helps
Compare 'My last Dutchess', 'Porphyria's Lover', 'How do i love thee', 'La Belle Dame sans Merci', and 'The begger woman'.
Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess" is based on a real story about the fifth Duke of Ferrera in the Renaissance period. He married a 14-year-old named Lucrezia and then left her for a two-year period. She died at the age of 17. In this poem, the Duke is now looking for a second wife-to-be. Robert Browning is one of the greatest poets in the Victorian age. He writes romantic poems and he expresses love in this poem as obsessive. The poem's rhyme scheme is a, a, b, b. This is a dramatic monologue. This is the kind of poem where there is only one speaker. In this poem it is the duke. At the very start of the poem, we are already given the idea that the Duke is a proud man especially with his art collections. "That's my last duchess painted on the wall", this quote tells us that he includes his last wife in his collection. The "my" emphasizes the duke owning his last duchess. By doing this, Robert Browning emphasizes the Duke wanting power especially over his last wife. Her painting is behind the wall now and the Duke shows it to a very few chosen strangers, "since none puts the curtain I have drawn for you but I". The painting was made by Fra Pandolf. The Duke is jealous by the fact that the Duchess can blush by receiving any compliments from just anyone. "Sir, 'twas not her husband's presence only...into the Duchess' cheek." In this quote, the Duke never treated his wife
First Love' by John Clare, 'Porphyria's Lover' by Robert Browning,My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning and 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell
Pre-1900 Poetry A Comparison of the Attitudes of Men towards Women in, 'First Love' by John Clare, 'Porphyria's Lover' by Robert Browning, 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning and 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell The four poems, 'First Love' by John Clare, 'Porphyria's Lover' by Robert Browning, 'My Last Duchess' by Robert Browning and 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell, all deal with aspects of relationships with women, but their attitudes thoughts and actions towards them are very different. I will comment on how each poet has shown the man's attitude by referring to content, form and language used. The poem 'First Love' by John Clare, is a traditional poem for its time, with three verses each with eight lines with eight syllables in each line. The rhyming scheme for this poem, a, b, a, b, is also traditional. The title 'First Love' implies strongest love and this is the man's attitude through out the poem, "I ne'er was struck before that hour With love so sudden and so sweet." This was the first time he had ever seen the woman, hence the use of "struck", it also implies that it came as a shock to him so his emotions were very sudden, love at first sight. The use of alliteration, "so sudden and so sweet," stresses that the emotions he felt were passionate and powerful. He described the woman as beautiful, "Her face it bloomed like a sweet flower
Pre-1914 Poems.
Hayley Shaw Pre-1914 Poems Essay In the six pre-1914 poems I have been studying, I can see that they all have the same theme of love, but it is displayed in different ways. For example, In the poem Remember, and In the Mile End Road, the themes are love, death, and grief, however one is about a woman who is terminally ill and is going to die, and she is pleading with her husband not to grieve when she dies, whereas In the Mile End Road it is about a person who is grieving for a loss of a loved one. Also the two poems, His coy mistress and The Sun rising are both about sexual love yet shown in two completely different lights. His coy mistress is about seduction, adultery and flattery, but the Rising sun shows this theme in a much more pleasant way where a couple are so much in love they don't want to leave the bedroom. The Sick Rose and Sonnet 138 both have themes of love and ambiguity, however The sick rose shows this in a far more sinister way I will continue to explore these ideas in greater detail. The Sun rising is about a couple who are in a sexual relationship, and believe their love is the most important thing in the world. This becomes apparent as the poet says, 'This bed thy centre is, these walls thy sphere' This suggests that the couple love each other so much, they are unconnected from the outside world, and nothing else matters apart from them. It also gives
