Commentary: Importance of the Mihailov episode for the novel as a whole.
Commentary: Importance of the Mihailov episode for the novel as a whole. Tim Hoffmann English IB HL 29/09/03 During pages 492-505, special light is thrown on the character of Mihailov and the characters surrounding him. Compared to other sections, this episode is not particularly important to the plot. It does not involve any fundamental aspects that drastically change the rest of the book, but reveals characteristics and more importantly clearly shows Anna and Vronsky's relationship. This section comes directly after Levin and Kitty's wedding and the extreme happiness that ensued. This contrasts with this section as, although they show happiness, a blanket of boredom seems to lure over the entire section, for Vronsky in particular. Anna Karenin and Vronsky, who are lodging in Italy, visit Mihailov and this section shows many relevant connections to the rest of novel. In general, we find that Vronsky, who try's his hand at painting, when faced with the greater aptitude of Mihailov, stops his experimenting and allows Mihailov, a professional, to create a portrait of Anna. This shows Vronsky's weakness at this stage, and this same weakness is revealed earlier on in the novel. Although we are aware that Vronsky's love for Anna seems quite real, he does not attempt to tear her away from Karenin, but rather continues with many visits to Anna in secret. He does not stand up
By what means and how successfully does Chaucer convey the personality of the storyteller in the 'Wife of Bath's Prologue'?
By what means and how successfully does Chaucer convey the personality of the storyteller in the 'Wife of Bath's Prologue'? In the Wife of Bath's prologue, Chaucer's description of the Wife of Bath is very detailed and life like. It is difficult to believe this character is not a real person. Chaucer uses the Wife as a device to discuss social issues and status of the middle ages. Chaucer uses his knowledge of society and of the literature of the Middle Ages to give the Wife of Bath her personality. The Wife of Bath within one character is able to convey different views within society. The Wife of Bath believes in feminist views yet she conforms to the anti-feminist literary ideas of a Wife. The Wife is not a stereotype; Chaucer exploits all traditional things that men wrote about women and creates a woman who is bigger than all of them. Chaucer begins with Alison telling us that she is experienced in marriage, having had five husbands since the age of twelve. The Wife has a very businesslike attitude that suggests that she is also very capable of making a success in her trade as a cloth maker. The practical Alison shows her domesticity when she dismisses St Paul's statement that married women are like wooden vessels whereas virgins are like golden ones. She states that she cannot see much use in a household for golden dishes when wooden ones do the same job. "For wel ye
Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress.
Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress is also trying to convince his reluctant girlfriend, 'His Coy Mistress', to love him, this time in the act of having sex. It uses a heavily different style than the first poem, although it keeps rhyming couplets: 'Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. from essaybank.co.uk ' But it uses irregular sentence length. The writer uses a metaphysical combination of strong ideals and complex intellectual ideas to bring across his strong feelings, very different to Marlowe's poem that was very simple and unemotional. The writer uses three irregular sections using different methods to woo his mistress. The first section starts at 'Had we but the world' on line one and ends at 'Nor would I love at lower rate.' on line 20. The method employed in this section uses the Court Pastoral Tradition in a sarcastic and humorous way. The first two lines: 'Had we but world enough, or time, This coyness, lady, were no crime.' Stated that if the writer had enough time then it would not matter that his girlfriend is reluctant as he could spend forever convincing her to love him. 'We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. This uses the Court Pastoral Tradition, exaggerating it and making the surroundings idyllic and dream-like as in Marlowe's poems, making the act of love seem very easy and
Compare and Contrast William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" to "In an Artist's Studio" by Christina Rossetti
Compare and Contrast William Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" to "In an Artist's Studio" by Christina Rossetti The pre - twentieth century sonnets 'In an Artist's studio' (1856) by Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894) and 'Sonnet 18' (1609) by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) are related because they explore the subjects of 'Beauty' and 'Love', however it is important to acknowledge that although they are similar in content, they differ due to the way they present the object of their desires from contrasting perspectives. Furthermore, whilst the poems share the conventional fourteen - line sonnet structure, Rossetti relies on the petrarchan whilst Shakespeare's rhyme scheme is original. The Petrarchan sonnet portrays Christina Rossetti's older brother, Dante Gabrielle, who was obsessed with the model Jane Morris whom he used for inspiration in his paintings during the Pre - Raphalite period, which he himself founded. The aim of the Brotherhood was to produce earnest, quasi-religious works, motivated by medieval and early Renaissance painters up to the time of the Italian painter and Architect Raphael. This was because as a whole they eschewed the sombre colours and formal vision preferred by the Royal academy at the time. This is illustrated by Dante Gabrielle's paintings of the 'nameless girl in freshest summer - greens'. By Contrast, Shakespeare's sonnet is addressed to an
Love in “Let me not”, “First love”, “My last duchess” and “Porphyria’s lover”
Love in "Let me not", "First love", "My last duchess" and "Porphyria's lover" In this essay I will be discussing the views of love which are presented in four different poems. I will be explaining each poem in detail and I will also compare and contrast the ideas about love made by the poet. The four I will be comparing are "Let me not" "First love" "My last duchess" "Porphyria's lover" I noticed that the theme love is commonly used in all the poems. Each poet writer has a different view on love. The language used by each poet differs. In the poem "Let me not" written by William Shakespeare. This is what we call a sonnet. This is sonnet number CXV1. This poem is also a rhyming couplet and the rhyming scheme is ABAB CACA EFEF GG this poem contains four quatrains. The main theme about this poem is true love. In this poem Shakespeare is using language and describing the effects of love. He said love conquers time he also says love does not die as you get old. The poem is trying to get a message over to the reader. I think it may be that true love never ends. At first he portrays that he believes in strength and true love. Secondly he uses metaphor images. "Though Rosie lips and cheeks" This is an example of metaphor. In this quote I think he is trying to point out that there is more than a physical side to love. He used metaphor to describe lips. In the third stanza
Write an appreciation of "The Eve of St Agnes" as a narrative Romantic poem.
Write an appreciation of "The Eve of St Agnes" as a narrative Romantic poem. The famous poet John Keats wrote "The Eve of St Agnes" in 1819. Keats was born in 1795 in London, but contracted tuberculosis in his early years and died at the young age of twenty-six. Keats was the youngest of the Great Romantics. The Romantics were a group of poets who rebelled against the change in social, moral, political and religious aspects of life in their time. They used the beauty of nature and imagination of the time to help create their poetry. The title of Keats' poem "The Eve of St Agnes" tells the reader what the poem is about. St Agnes was a nun, who wanted to protect her virginity and refused to be married. She was beheaded on the first 21st of January. Traditionally if a young girl went to bed, clothes less, without eating and only looking forward and upward on St Agnes Eve she would see the man she was to marry in her dream. This suspicion is what Keats has based his narrative romantic poem on. His poem is the story of a young girl who believes in the Eve of St Agnes suspicion and dreams of her love. However a young Knight comes to see her while she sleeping. The girl wakes up, they fall in love, consummate, and in the morning leave. Keats has used the Romantic theme of Williams Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet in his poem. There is a feud between the young girls family and the
Write a comparison of the two dramatic monologues ‘My last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’. Which in your opinion is the more successful?
English Coursework - Comparison of the two dramatic monologues 'My last Duchess' and 'Porphyria's Lover' Write a comparison of the two dramatic monologues 'My last Duchess' and 'Porphyria's Lover'. Which in your opinion is the more successful? A dramatic monologue is a speech by one person, revealing his or her character by the way he or she speaks. A dramatic monologue shares some similar characteristics with drama, such as settings, atmosphere, conflict between characters, suggestions of gesture and movement and the use of direct speech. In the poem 'My last Duchess', we learn about the story of how the Duke, kills the Duchess. He kills her due to her being too flirtatious towards other men, however we only have the Dukes' point of view. In the poem, 'Porphyria's Lover' there is a similar story line; Porphyria is killed by her lover who is also a possessive lover. He killed her because she had just tolled him that she loved him, but she had never before been so sure as she may have had other relationships, so he killed her so that her feelings would never change again. However, there are similarities and differences between both dramatic monologues. The similarities are that the lover and husband are both possessive and abnormally obsessive towards their partners, both women seem to be friendly and seem innocent, and strangely both of the men feel justified in their
Battle of Britain.
Battle of Britain Introduction Battle of Britain was the aerial conflict between British and German air forces in the skies over the U.K in which the RAF defeated against the German Luftwaffe in southern England in an attempt to eliminate Nazism. The battle was very important as this time as Germany tried to crush the British fighter power by targeting the air fields, if Germany had won this battle than Britain would have been wide open to German attacks with little resistance The battle took place from July to September of 1940. The myth of the battle was the importance of the pilots and these 'few' saved the world from Nazism, but was the pilots the sole reason for defeat? Could the importance of radar, spitfire, and great leadership from Dowding contribute to it? Whatever the reason, this battle certainly had a long-term significance and it re-shaped the outcome of the 2nd world war. What was the popular interpretation and why did it become so quickly established during the early part of the war? All of the early interpretations of the Battle emphasize greatly on the popular myth i.e. the battle saved civilization from Nazism and the brave few pilots who fought in them, and without those pilots the battle wouldn't have been won. From my knowledge I know that well over 500 soldiers died in this battle, this suggest that there is a core of truth in the myth of the
How does the tale of the Merchant reflect the character of the Merchant himself?
How does the tale of the Merchant reflect the character of the Merchant himself? Soumik Datta, Essay 4, 10 December, 2003 By including a merchant among the pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales, Chaucer brought to bear across the entire interpretive range of his poem, an aspect of his personal experience of London that had deep resonances for an England in the process of developing its own mercantile character and accommodating itself to the burgeoning of fourteenth century continental mercantilism. Chaucer underscored the contemporary conditions in which through social station and occupation he was personally enmeshed, by including in various tales, characters who are merchants. The careful punctuation of the Canterbury Tales with figures with figures representative of the merchant class should alert modern readers to the social, political and moral tensions that permeated fourteenth century London society resulting from emerging market conditions. It is no accident that the 'Merchant's Tale' like the 'Clerk's Tale' is set in Lombardy. One can see in the relationship of the two tales, at least three kinds of association: hearing the 'Clerk's Tale' might simply have caused the merchant to think of the story he knew about the Lombardy in his experience. ; the behavior of Walter and Griselda might also have reminded him by contrast rather than comparison of his own Italian tale
Radar and excellent new fighters account for Britain's victory in the Battle of Britain.
Radar and excellent new fighters account for Britain's victory in the Battle of Britain.' How far do you agree with this judgment? Introduction To many the Battle of Britain is synonymous with the Spitfire and Britain's invention of radar all of which is demonstrated in the 1969 film of the same name. However I wish to show that these two factors only made a small part of the picture and in fact the real question was: did Germany ever have a chance of winning the Battle of Britain! Validity of opening statement At first glance, we can see that the Spitfire and Hurricane were two fighter planes which outperformed the ME109. They were faster, better to manoeuvre with a high firepower. Yet the pilots that flew these planes lacked greatly in experience in comparison to the Luftwaffe. As the battle progressed death of pilots would mean even more inexperienced 'boys' taking planes up. Likewise Radar which had been developed greatly by the British did provide a good cover of British outer airspace and warn of incoming enemy. Yet when in British airspace enemy planes had to be observed by the observer corp. It seems quite clear therefore that these two factors alone could not have been the reason for British victory. Counter factors about RAF Radar in fact made up part of a greater defence system known as the 'Dowding System' after Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, the
