This was the first party that Nick attended at Gatsby’s house but he could immediately tell that Gatsby was a perfect gentleman. At Daisy’s party, Gatsby is almost sure that Daisy’s love for Tom will be transferred over to Gatsby himself. Gatsby, thinking that it is only going to be him and Daisy at the party, is shocked to see his friend Nick, Daisy’s husband Tom, and Jordan Baker. The day turns out to be intolerably hot, making all the guests at the luncheon even more uncomfortable then expected. Tom receives a phone call from his mistress and leaves the room to have a word with her.
However there is a change in tone of the final stanza. Courtly love is a central motif in “Les Grands Seigneurs”, evoking knights, castles, damsels and troubadours. However, courtly love is ultimately acknowledged as only “play”, which has to give way to the serious reality of marriage. There is an ironic tone to the poem, and a hint of black humour. This is a light hearted view of the gap between what we expect of relationships, and what we actually get.
Sidney’s sonnet 107 and Spenser’s sonnet 65 are both English sonnets. Both sonnets have an English sonnet rhyme scheme. Both sonnets are about love and courtship. Astrophil is in love with Stella and Spenser is in love with Elizabeth. Both poets have a woman who is their muse for writing the sonnets.
In this conversation the poet uses colloquial language to bring the characters alive. For example ‘Lo, I have brought my gift’ where Maude Clare draws attention to herself. Rossetti shows Maude Clare’s personality through the use of imperative verbs, for example ‘Take my share of a fickle heart’ followed by ‘Take it or leave it as you will’. This shows that Maude Clare is strong and determined despite being rejected by Thomas. In Victorian society women were expected to be passive and honest, and competed for more wealthy and worthy men.
She portrays her personal voice through the use of sonnets, specifically Petrarchan. It is commonly used by males to woo their unattained love. Both composers portray love as idealistic, however it is interfered with by life. It is a universal theme shown through the different time periods. Nevertheless, Elizabeth Barrett Browning advocates that the strength of love can help overcome the obstacles.
When people act on impulse it leads to terrible endings and suffering to others. In the beginning of the play Romeo shows his tragic flaw when he goes to the Capulet party and falls in love with Juliet, completely forgetting about his first love Rosaline. When Romeo sees Juliet at the party he says, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! / For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (I.v.50-51) This shows his impulsiveness by not mentioning Rosaline at all and starting to fall in love with a girl he does not even know.
Mr. Kapasi is first attracted to Mrs. Das when she took high interests in his occupation as a translator. She went as far as using the word, "romantic"(p. 53, Lahiri) It's ironic because in his culture, it was an everyday job with no joys or responsibility, but in the American point of view it seems to be a big responsibility and a wonderful deed to do. Another example of irony that is found when comparing both novels together is the marriage of Shoba and Shakumar and the marriage of Jorge and Marie Arana. The irony lies within how Shoba and Shakumar are similar in race, goals, and culture yet have a failing marriage where Jorge and Marie are complete opposites in race, goals, culture yet have a strengthened marriage. In conclusion, the two themes of marriage and opposition in the novels Interpreters of Maladies and American Chica are seen to overlap in order to serve the thematic functions such as driving the plot, creating conflicts, and generating
Critical Analysis of Chapter 1, Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen laughs at her own society of the early 19th Century in her most famous opening line of her fiction novel, Pride and Prejudice, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” This overstatement is a most effective introduction to her novel Pride and Prejudice as it not only captures the readers’ attention but also immerses the reader in the English 19th Century setting, introduces Austen’s ironic tone of writing and light hearted genre of the novel. Jane Austen uses chapter 1 to introduce her concerns regarding marriage, gender and social order. Austen intrigues the reader with the entertaining relationship between Mr and Mrs Bennet and teases the reader by cleverly introducing the protagonist Elizabeth Bennet, through dialogue. Austen relies on dialogue over description to voice her themes and issues; she uses diction and syntax to introduce the setting. Austen typically restricts the setting as a means of using select few characters to make more universal comments.
Within five minutes of the play beginning, Mr and Mrs Hardcastle are talking about Tony, setting him up for his entrance. Goldsmith uses repartee; with the two arguing over the boy, Mr. Hardcastle on the side of telling the truth about him, whereas Mrs. Hardcastle shows she is a defensive mother, seeing good in all the bad he does. ‘No, no; the alehouse and the stable are the only schools he’ll ever go to.’ This sets him up as a comedic character; traditionally lower class and/or the uneducated are there for comedic relief, to make the play lighter in tone. This makes us believe that he is going to
With the first sentence of the book, Austen deftly establishes the major theme and tone of Pride and Prejudice. She states: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." This sentence introduces the theme of marriage, which is central to the novel's plot, and also introduces the tone of irony, which Austen will use both verbally and structurally throughout Pride and Prejudice. To fully appreciate the humor and artistry of Austen's novel, one must first understand what irony is and how it is used in literature. In its most basic sense, irony is the use of words to express something other than, or opposite of, the literal meaning.