i William O’Neil Dr. James Nutter ENGL 102—Honors 24 February 2015 Romanticism Unshackled: a Study of the Modern Prometheus Thesis: Frankenstein should bear the title of Romantic literature because the novel embodies trademark Romantic ideas, situations, and characteristics throughout the text. I. In an attempt to categorize any novel as Romantic, however, one must first attempt to identify what, exactly, makes a work Romantic. a. A group of poets, including the likes of William Blake, Samuel Coleridge, William Wordsworth, John Keats, Lord Byron and—Mary’s husband—Percy Shelley, who are commonly credited as being the ground-breaking authors of the Romantic movement b. Lyrical Ballads moved poetry away from the times of the mythical and fantastical,
By Mercutio’s same logic, lovers desire love and so dream of love, lawyers desire money and so dreams of fees and so on. In this manner, Mercutio proves that dreams are not real, but are instead mere reflections of our worldly desires. Believing that dreams are true, he insinuates, is as foolish as believing in fairies. The insignificance of dreams is another theme explored. The metaphors "…no bigger than an agate stone on the forefinger...", "her chariot is an empty hazelnut" and "Her whip of cricket bone" are all used to imply the triviality of Queen Mab.
2010 HSC Question Analyse how the central values portrayed in King Richard III are creatively reshaped in Looking for Richard The work of Pacino is able to creatively place Shakespeare’s core ideals of humanist philosophy and the corrupting influence of power within a modern context, to reveal the perennial nature of the playwright’s central values. Shakespeare’s King Richard III (1592) identifies hereditary power as a potent force when the natural order is usurped. Al Pacino’s Looking for Richard (1996) sees power within a democratic time and thus presents it as privilege, not a God-given gift, yet the two maintain a similar view of the dangers of authority without balance. Shakespeare’s time demanded a negative portrayal of Richard’s humanist ideals, where blame is placed upon the King’s lack of Christianity for his abhorrent acts. Pacino, however, contends with a time where it is increasingly becoming the norm, but still contends with a society that can be considered moral devoid in some manners, and thus the importance of spirituality and thought is evident in both.
The Great Gatsby Passage Response Essay The romance between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan and the world in which they live play central roles in The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Throughout the story the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy and the changing times of their society are in tune with the blooming and the death of a flower. Flowers symbolize the transitory beauty of both Daisy and Gatsby’s love and of the excessive world in which the story takes place. The beginning of Gatsby and Daisy’s romance and the fads of the times that are described are that of a budding flower. Nick describes Gatsby’s memories of the romance and describes “romances that were not musty and laid away in lavender but fresh and breathing”.
Gatsby’s Fairy Dream In the early 19th century, at the end of the “Romantic Period”, an English poet named John Keats composed a poetic masterpiece called La Belle Dame sans Merci. The Romantic writers, along with Mr. Keats, created a political, social, and literary movement that explored how much love defined the human nature. La Belle Dame sans Merci, on the surface, may seem to be just another Romantic poem revolving around the tale of courtly love, but in truth, there is a deeper meaning and story associated to the love that the knight feels for his fair lady. The romantic encounter that the knight and the beautiful fairy have in the story abruptly ends in tragedy for the smitten, young man as he becomes so enraptured with the mythical,
Lady Capulet indirectly describes Juliet’s death as peaceful and elegant, rather than gruesome and grotesque. Juliet is described as cordial and delicate, much like a flower. A similar but more mournful scene in the play makes virtually the same comparison. Near the end of play, Romeo speaks to Juliet’s false corpse in the passage, “Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, hath had no power yet upon thy beauty. Thou art not conquered.
The fundamental human need, belonging, is an individuals perception, influenced by their experiences and others influences. For a true sense of belonging to be achieved there has to be a sense of security, equality and appreciation. Not-belonging, opposing belonging; is an individuals experience of alienation, ostracisation and disassociation. Experiences of belonging and not-belonging are conveyed through the film The Secret Life Of Bees composed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and As You Like It composed by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's pastoral, romantic comedy transcends its Elizabethan context to influence contemporary audiences.
Evil was a potent force which intended to hurt and destroy, against the expectations of society which were usually based on Christian views. On the other hand, to be good was to act in a charitable and caring way for others, displaying the qualities of a faithful Christian. In this way, it could be said that to be 'morally ambiguous' is to merge the two; to integrate good and evil into a personality to such an extent that it is not possible to label such a person as one or the other. There are different types of morality which seem to be contrasted with each other in the novel. Joseph represents one of these: the conventional, institutionalised notion of morality based on religion and the word of the bible.
The Consequences of Truth in “The Lady’s Dressing Room” “The Lady’s Dressing Room,” by Jonathan Swift is on the surface a poem commenting on the deceptions of womanly wiles. However, Swift also uses the poem to provide an underlying argument against the seeking of certain truths. The magnifying glass reflects those truths not visible to the naked eye, which require greater effort to reveal. Celia’s chest hides the most forbidden truths from sight. It is these hidden and grotesque truths that are the most damaging to Strephon.
English A1 HL: World Literature Assignment 1 The Hollowness of Conventional 19th Century Christian Morality in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll’s House and Emile Zola's Therese Raquin. Both Ibsen and Zola were firm believers in portraying their characters and works from a realistic perspective. Zola founded the naturalist movement in fiction and shared the same general perspective on society as Ibsen, who was the first of a new generation of naturalistic modern playwrights. In both Therese Raquin and A Doll’s House, the alleged central place of Christianity in 19th century European society is indirectly subverted through subtle suggestions of its irrelevance, or lack of importance, in the characters’ lives. Because of the already morally controversial nature of both Ibsen’s play and Zola’s novel, thanks to their subversion of traditional gender roles, an obvious critique of the Church or of normative religious opinion in the 19th century would have landed both writers in difficult situations.