Do We Believe What We Perceive or Do We Perceive What We Believe
Do We Believe What We Perceive or Do We Perceive What We Believe? "We sense something, perceive it, and then believe it." This sounds logical, however there's another idea contrary to this which sounds as logical as this one: "We believe things, pretend to sense it, then we perceive it." It's hard to decide which one is more accurate because circumstances are effective. Assume that here is a man who is instinctively afraid of dogs. When a dog looks directly at him, he thinks that the dog didn't like him, so it may bite him. As he believes that the dogs are wild animals, he doesn't see the excitement and love in the dog. He perceives the dog as a danger. But another man, who loves dogs, does not have the same attitude. He sees the swinging tail, which shows the excitement, love and energy of the dog. He perceives the dog's astonishment. Here, the belief effects the perception. Now assume a woman (let's call her Ann) whose friend Jemma tells (gossips) her that her husband Andy is cheating on her. Until that day, Ann doesn't perceive the women around Andy as a danger for their marriage. She sees them and thinks that they're Andy's friends from work, or old friends from the school years or so. She doesn't bother them. Not until Jemma tells her that gossip, does she perceive those women as enemies. Again, in such a situation, belief affects the perception.
Read E. B. Browning's 'How do I love thee.' What do you find interesting about the poets use of language in this poem? How successful is it in conveying emotions for the loved one?
Read E. B. Browning's 'How do I love thee.' What do you find interesting about the poets use of language in this poem? How successful is it in conveying emotions for the loved one? The poem, 'How do I love thee' is an iambic pentameter poem, starting with an unaccented syllable, and then an accented syllable. This is also a lyric poem as it contains a lot of emotion, sparks the readers imagination, and has a melody like that of an epigram or hymn. This is shown by the rhythm the poem has when read correctly, which is created by the use of enjambment. For example, when Elizabeth Browning writes 'I love thee to the level of everyday's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.' This sentence helps create the rhythm within the poem and creates the heartfelt, romantic atmosphere I feel that Elizabeth Browning was trying to create to express a deep and serious love of another person. This poem is an Italian sonnet, shown by its rhyming patterns of ABBAABBACACDCD, and has a masculine rhyme, which means that the rhyming word is a one syllable word, in general, using 'se' and 'th' ending words to create an underlining theme of love and a romantic atmosphere, also creating a rhythmic and soothing pattern within the readers mind. The poem also uses some personification when Browning writes, My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace'. This
We have recently been looking at two very different pairs of sonnets
We have recently been looking at two very different pairs of sonnets. The first, written by women, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti come from the 19 century. They are poems that concern true love and they are very sincere and sentimental. They talk about true, married love and these two poems are also thought to be more autobiographical than the male's poems. The second pair written by two male poets, William Shakespeare and Michael Drayton seems to take a more cynical attitude to love. They use puns like 'we lie together' which takes a double meaning as to not tell the truth and lie in bed. The main difference between the two poems is that the males seem to think about love from the head and the women from the heart. 'Since there's no help...' the poem by Michael Drayton, concerns a man who has recently been left by his wife or girlfriend. He uses reverse psychology, implying that he doesn't want her back. He says, 'shake hands forever; cancel all our vows' to try and make his wife feel sorry for him and take him back. This backs up my comment about the characters in the men's poems thinking about love from the head. William Shakespeare's sonnet, Sonnet 138 from a series written by him concerns an older man who is living a false relationship with a woman who is much younger than him. They are playing a game of double bluff and using each other for sex.
Explore the theme of time in pre 1914 love poetry
Explore the theme of time in pre 1914 love poetry Love poetry has been evolving for centuries by poets exploring every detail of love and expressing it in their own ways. Love poetry is a way for a poet to reveal his feelings on a more personal level to explore the concept and meanings of love. Renaissance poets expressed their poetry in Sonnets, the most famous of which are by Shakespeare, who compared his love to a summer's day in Sonnet 18. Edmund Spenser was another Renaissance poet, who wrote a cycle of Sonnets called Amoretti which expressed his love for a lady. The narrators of Sonnet 18 and Amoretti 75 both believe that love can defeat the passing of time through the 'lines' of their poetry, as long as their poetry is being read, their love shall 'live' and be 'eternal'. However, the narrators of To his Coy Mistress and Sonnets to Delia use a more realistic approach to scare their lovers with the thought of growing old and dying. Their poetry has a more physical approach to love as they believe that time will conquer their devotion and they will die with the passing of time. Both poems have a sexual content which when explored thoroughly; reveals that the reason of their poems is to get their lovers to sleep with them before their beauty fades forever. Both Sonnet 18 and Amoretti 75 are poems about love outlasting time. The narrator in Sonnet 18 rhetorically asks
For Roman Catholics sex is only right after marriage. Do you agree?
For Roman Catholics sex is only right before marriage do you agree/disagree In the Christian church sex before marriage is a sin. This is firstly because the act of marriage is a special link between two people and brings the people closer together, then they must consummate the marriage, this is because sex is the only way of being closer to your partner than marriage, so it can only be shared in marriage because this is an important joining of two people. Also the fact that sex is supposed to be something special between two people to show their love for each other, so if someone want to show their love for someone, they should be married before they can take the next step. Also if two people have sex then they might lead each other into a false sense of contentment, if this happens then they might marry for the wrong reason which will probably end up in a divorce or something to similar effect which will just end up in emotional damage. Also it can lead to pregnancy's which cannot be carried through because neither one of the people has the stability to care for a child, this can often happen because no contraception is 100% reliable. Also sex before marriage can increase the risk of a person getting aids, because if neither person has sex before marriage then it cannot have been sexually transmitted, but if it is a stranger then you have no idea of their sexual history,
Original Writing Poetry Beautiful eyes, beautifulface,I'm shy to talk to you.You're the eagle I must watchNo matter what I do.
Beautiful eyes, beautiful face, I'm shy to talk to you. You're the eagle I must watch No matter what I do. You're the beauty, wild and free, The mistress of my eyes, Rolling through exultant air, Alone in pristine skies. I would take you for my own Could I but have your wings, Could I but go where night begins And frozen sunlight sings. Could I but have you for my love, How might we fly together! But I must watch you from below And long for you forever. But I must be the one below And long for you forever. SORRY I'm sorry that I disappointed you And did what I had promised I would not. Mistakes can often teach someone a lot, So please give me a chance before we're through. Of all the punishment for my disgrace, Regret at losing you has hurt the most. Recall, I beg of you, this tearful ghost, Yearning to return to your good grace. I've screwed up pretty badly, And I don't know what to say. My only option, sadly, Seems to be to go away. Only your forgiveness will Restore this love gone cold; Redeem a lovely friendship You and I might have and hold. Your friendship is the sky above my home, The crystal air I breathe, through which I see. I can't believe how much you mean to me. Without you with me, time would turn to stone. I don't know why I need you so, or how I know so absolutely I'll be there In times your wounded heart can hardly
If I knew it would be the last time
If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep, I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep. If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door, I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more. If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise, I would video tape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day. If I knew it would be the last time, I could spare an extra minute or two to stop and say I love you, instead of assuming you would KNOW I do. If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day, well I'm sure you'll have so many more, so I can let just this one slip away. For surely there's always tomorrow to make up for an oversight, and we always get a second chance to make everything right. There will always be another day to say our I love you's, And certainly there's another chance to say our "Anything I can do's?" But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I get, I'd like to say how much I love you and I hope we never forget Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike, And today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight.. So if you're waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today? For if tomorrow never comes, you'll
Aileen Wuornos suffers from borderline personality disorder, which brings an overwhelming fear of abandonment. When that fear escalated, it could well have been the trigger
Aileen Wuornos Aileen Wuornos suffers from borderline personality disorder, which brings an overwhelming fear of abandonment. When that fear escalated, it could well have been the trigger for what Aileen called her "killing days." This disorder would be what drove her to kill. Aileen's childhood is most likely what started her into the life she led. From the time she was a little girl she was trouble. Aileen did poorly in school and was promiscuous before even becoming a teenager. She was pregnant by the age of 14 and was sent away to an unwed mothers home. Her son was then adopted in 1971. She was a pathological liar, making claims such as having sex with over 250,000 men while she was pulling tricks or even that she had sex with her brother at a young age. Aileen never held a steady job. She prostituted for her money. Eventually she met Selby, and formed a loving relationship with her. She always feared abandonment when with Selby. She always feared that Selby would leave her and she would be alone again. Around these times when she felt that she and Selby's relationship was rocky was when most of the murders happened. She took out her pent up rage on the men she killed. Most of Aileen's abnormalities run into her personality because they were practically one and the same. Her personality of being an anti social loner, with pent up rage drove her
Throughout The Miller's Tale, Chaucer is exploring a variety of attitudes towards love
Love, marriage and Courtly love Courtly love is 'a tradition represented in Western European literature between the 12th and 14th centuries, idealising love between a knight and a revered (usually married) lady'. Courtly love was a code of behaviour that was made popular through Romance literature. This term later evolved to include any tales of knights, chivalry and courtly love. Courtly love became the subject of some of the most famous medieval poems, and where we get today's word, 'courtesy'. Throughout The Miller's Tale, Chaucer is exploring a variety of attitudes towards love. There is the idealized and fashionable love of court romance and there is 'love of the world' and the 'love of God'. These mixed together gives an idea of love in The Miller's Tale. Absolon is in true romantic flight, 'like a true turtle dove', and Alison ignores this and tells him to go away. This brings out the contrast in Absolon's courtly ways and Alison's country manner. Courtly romantic love is mocked harshly. Absolon's behaviour fits well with will traditional romantic standards, but he is the victim of Alison's scorn and receives only one vulgar 'kiss' for his efforts. In the tale, his romantic affections mark him as foolish and effeminate and in a way feminine. The Miller notes how Absolon combed his curly blonde hair to prepare himself for Alison, a satire of courtly love and
History letter I am now miles away fighting in a cold bitter war against the Germans as a Canadian soldier
Dear Mum 23/9/2005 I am now miles away fighting in a cold bitter war against the Germans as a Canadian soldier. I decided to join two weeks ago now and have not regretted a single bit of it. The boys are great fun to be with, and what's even more fun is killing Germans and torturing them!!! I decided to join the army as I saw it as a great experience for myself to earn money and to fight for his Majesty King George and Canada. I also joined the army as I gave up on becoming a famous football player due to my height. Another reason I joined was to follow in dad's footsteps, after he died from TB I haven't been the same and always vowed to follow in dad's legacy. I also joined for Agnes my lovely girlfriend and Tommy who went on and on and on about the army and pressurised me to join. Furthermore I also joined the army as, when I was walking down the street a woman came up to me and pinned a goose feather on to me which is the symbol to show you are a coward and I know I am not. My last reason for joining was due to the fact I was a failure and always preferred something more practical to do. The experience here has been wicked and I having a great time and am travelling around everywhere so I get to explore new parts of the country/world. I have come very close to being killed a few times but have succeeded so far and hope to do so in
