Alfie Rees-Glinos ‘To His Coy Mistress’ ‘To His Coy Mistress’ is a heritage poem from a male’s perspective of loving a woman. The narrator is male and he is trying to persuade the women that he loves her with a deep and utter passion and to prove this he ‘advises her’ to sleep with him. Throughout the poem, strong feelings of the delicacy of virginity and how the male character will continue to love her, no matter what she decides upon. A significant aspect of the poem where strong feelings are presented is when Marvell writes, ‘till the conversion of the Jews’. By this he means that he loves his lover and will always do so, until the days when the Jews convert to Christianity which even today seems extremely unlikely, so therefore his love for her will never die out.
In this essay, I will be showing a comparison between ‘Romeo and Juliet’ (Shakespeare), ‘To His Coy Mistress’ (Marvel) and ‘Sonnet 130’ (Also by Shakespeare). The first main comparison between these three texts is that they all show different types of love. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is based on true love as both main characters fall in love with each other at first sight. Shakespeare shows their love by the soliloquy and the sonnet that he added to this text as the words and techniques used in them project a connection between Romeo and Juliet. ‘To His Coy Mistress’ shows an idea of a sexual and lustful love.
Is not that strange?” At the end of this line, Benedick asks if it is strange for him to love because they have always had a friendly war of words between each other and due to the fact that they squabble frequently. Benedick should take Beatrice’s hands into his own when he says this. Moreover, he should express love and honesty while smiling. Beatrice replies that it is strange when she says “As strange as the thing I know not,” and then she says “It were as possible for me to say that I loved nothing so well as you” but then takes this back by quickly adding “but believe me not.” Beatrice then reveals the cause of her sorrow and her true agenda, Claudio and Hero. While saying these lines, Beatrice should show signs of confusion by ruffling her hair and by walking in different directions and by altering the speed of each
Sonnet 71 In “Sonnet 71” Shakespeare uses metaphors, personification, and sensory imagery to tell his mistress to not mourn after his death even if they loved each other so much, indicating she should grant his last wish and move on. Shakespeare starts “Sonnet 71” with a statement telling his love to “no longer mourn… when I am dead” (Line 1). This is clearly stated throughout the sonnet implying the mistress should forget him otherwise she will only feel sadness and grief if her sorrow continues. The author uses a metaphor that says, “love even with my love decay” (Line 12). This metaphor establishes the speaker wants the love that him and his mistress have to decay like his body will so her “woe” may end.
In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare love is an important theme. In this play, Juliet and Romeo fall in love while Romeo is trying to get over Rosalind and Juliet is having an arranged marriage, their families are also feuding. In Shakespeare's play, Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet all have different views of love. Mercutio’s view of love is very humorous and not true, Romeo’s view of love is hopeless; he likes being in love, but does not like love itself. Lastly, Juliet’s view of love is logical; she does not follow love blindly.
He quickly begins to mention how short life is even referencing her ‘preserved virginity’ being taken when she’s dead as ‘worms shall try.’ He finishes by focusing on the present and telling her to make the most of the time that they have now, which hints at the use of sexual innuendo. The speaker presents an argument in these three parts, however there are several layers of meaning to this poem. To his coy mistress is a poem, and ghazal is an ancient poet form often used to explain the beauty and pain of love. ‘If you are the rhyme and I the refrain,’ this is use of music to describe to describe fate and the feeling of eagerness is unnecessary as she is aware that when the time is right they will become one with each other. It also has several forms of sexual innuendo similar to ‘to his coy mistress’
She attempts to gain sympathy from Agamemnon in speaking with exaggerated emotions. Clytaemnestra also encourages Agamemnon to walk on the “tapestries” through praising him and presenting herself as submissive under his glory (900). Appealing to ethics and morals, she affirms that under “justice” the “great one” deserves to walk on the carpet after he “stamped out Troy” (904, 899). By making Agamemnon feel legitimate and glorious, even under the gods, Clytaemnestra asserts that it’s
and this is shown on the essay when she writes this ”If, by chance , I find another person more suitable as a wife than the wife I already have, I want the liberty to replace my present wife with another one” Really, is sad but is the truth, men do think women’s are objects they can’t take and leave when they want and demand things and expect to received without giving. As I read the essay it was stupid to see that they didn’t realize that all the wife’s duties could also be done by men, like cleaning, working, taking care of the kids, and of course pleasing their wife’s when she
This sort of theme is seen in the Shakespearian sonnet 132 which I will now analyse. This sonnet is part of a “dark lady” series written by Shakespeare linking to the previously mentioned unreachable lady. In it we find classic examples of how a woman’s simple gaze can capture a man’s heart and dormant it so unintentionally, I presume. In the first line Shakespeare refers to “thine eyes [he] loves” and how it seems they “pity [him]”.This is a clear example of how the beauty of a woman’s eyes can seduce a man’s heart in believing he could venture into hers. This sort of pain is compared to death when he refers to the woman “[having] put on black” .This typifies the pain that men can feel and shows a somewhat excellent sensitive side that not only Shakespeare but other patriarchally born men of his time may have shared.
The final scene set in serene Belmont, opens with Lorenzo and Jessica’s playful banter. Their references reflect the harmonious nature of love (Troilus climbs a wall longing for Cressida, Dido summons her lover, and Medea gathers enchanted herbs for Aeson). But, while their shared repetitions of “In such a night” reflect balance and unity they also hint at tragedy and loss. The audience would have understood the dark side of their allusions (Cressida betrays Troilus, Aenas deserts Dido, and Medea leaves Aeson). Thus, although Shakespeare has left room for his audience to come to their own conclusions, the love and harmony exhibited in the final scene does remain in stark contrast to the racial hatred displayed in the trial scene.