Essays on Thy

William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 73” is one of his easiest to read and, simultaneously, one of his most interesting poems. It covers several themes but the main theme is of aging, and the passing of time. The unhappy speaker muses about his impeding old age, and how this reminds him about the importance of love. Shakespeare uses many literary and stylistic devices to convey and enhance this theme. As the title suggests, the poem is in Shakespearian sonnet form, with fourteen lines and a rhyming scheme. The speaker and setting are inextricably linked and are central to the poem. ...

I had read Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare for a few times and always thought that only their parents were guilty in their death as they did not know them to be together. But when I read this story again, I found out that there were other people whose decisions played a role in the death of Romeo and Juliet. Many people think that only Romeo and Juliet made a wrong decision which led to such a terrible end of the story, but this is not true. In this story many people interfered in the relations of these ...

Chaucer presents chivalry as an expression of perfection in character, inspired by the desire to please divine authority. According to Hall, a Knight’s duty in the medieval time was to the King, with the King seen as God’s intermediary (Hall, 16). The author presents chivalry in a militant fashion, probably as a reaction to the prevailing circumstance of chaos that needed a militant hand to defeat the heathens. Chaucer, therefore, presents the Knights as noble images of perfection with chivalry as a mainstay in their duty to man and God, even though it does not bear success ...

Titus Andronicus is one of the bloodiest of Shakespare's tragedies, with many characters dying or being tortured both on stage and off. What stands out in the mist of all this violence, though, is that the imagery used in many of the lines echoes it. Characters often use metaphors referring to hands and tongues, and other body parts, which mirror the condition of the characters they are talking about. A particularly powerful example is the dialogue in Act II between Lavinia and her cousin Marcus Andronicus. By matching the extreme violence of what has happened to Lavinia with the ...

Is the Separation of Church and State in America Real?

Is the Separation of Church and State in America Real?

Introduction

The United States is supposed to be a nation in which there is a defined separation of church and state. This means that anything the provides preference of one religion over another should not be permitted in public institutions. These institutions include, public schools, federal buildings, the federal government, and the White House. However, due to machinations of numerous political parties throughout America’s history the separation of church and state is not as defined as it is supposed to be. Many Christian groups have continually fought to push ...

Introduction

William Blake is a great poet from England who was born November 28, 1757, and died August 12, 1927 (Bentley, 2016). He wrote Songs of Innocence and Songs from Experience (Poetry Foundation, 2016). In this work, William Blake speaks of two animals in opposite ways. The purpose of this paper is to write of the meaning of the two poems and compare each of the poems. The question: What are the likenesses and differences in the poems “The Lamb”, and “The Tyger” that make one poem a poem of innocence and the other poem a poem of experience? Will ...

King Solomon who wrote the “Book of Proverbs” and Lucius Annaeus Seneca, who is better known by his cognomen Seneca was the author of “The Moral Essays”. Solomon’s “Book of Proverbs” was a guide that told the Hebrew people how to live for over a thousand years. Proverbs addresses many areas that are important to being able to live peacefully with one another such as moral behavior, values of oneself, the family and the community. It also deals with the meaning of life and submission to the will of god. In “the Moral Essays” Seneca like Solomon gave ...

My life seemed normal until I fell victim to a destructive pathology that compromised my health. What had initially been regarded as disordered eating had become a full blown eating disorder. I suffered for months from anorexia nervosa, and after a while, I began to gradually wither away into a torrid state. I refused to eat, could not sleep, and became a miserable person to be around. It felt as if the joy, light, and laughter that had once colored in my life had been snatched away from me by a terrible predator. Prior to my eating disorder, I ...

In Memoriam A.H.H- Alfred Lord Tennyson Tennyson’s long poem is an intriguing account of his long grief for his departed friend. In the poem, Tennyson expresses his sadness about his friend’s death and at the same time addresses several concerns at the time about humanity, religion and the world of his time. The poem presents conflicts between religion and nature, of which Tennyson resolves to reconcile himself to reality at end of the poem. Tennyson’s grief exposes the turmoil that he goes through in understanding the nature and religion and the reason for grief in life. ...

Demetrius

So, now go tell, and if thy tongue can speak Who ‘twas that cut thy tongue and ravished thee (Scene IV, line 2). Chiron Write down thine mind, bewray thy meaning so, An if thy stumps will let thee play the scribe (Scene IV, line 4) Demetrius

She hath no tongue to call, nor hands to wash,

And so let’s leave her to her silent walks (Scene IV, line 8) The Andronicus play by Shakespeare appears to have extreme effects and dramatization in various scenes. In Act II, Scene IV focuses on Titus’ daughter Lavinia who after being abused is left in the wilderness only to be discovered ...

Is power generative or destructive? Can a man have both love and power at the same time? Since we are talking about characteristics, it is difficult to sum up an answer.. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.” (Engebretson) This quote coming from one of the wisest human beings will remind us directly of Macbeth. Macbeth did his best to show the ...

Is power generative or destructive? Can a man have both love and power at the same time? Since, we are talking about characteristics, it’s impossible to generalize an answer. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.” Hearing this quote coming from one of the wisest human being, will remind us directly of Macbeth. Macbeth has done all of his power to ...

The motivational theory that best explains human behavior is the Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. According to Maslow, people behave the way they do depending on their needs that continuously develops their inner drive, which defines their behavior as they seek to satisfy their desires. In this regard, Maslow develops a hierarchy of individual needs that usually determines their actions and they progress from the most pressing to relatively urgent within the home and work context. In particular, the Maslow's theory provides a hierarchy consisting of five classes that are based on the most complex to the most ...

Love dislikes nothing

WHATSOEVER thing I see, Rich or poor although it be; Tis a mistress unto me. Be my maiden fair or brown, Does she smile or does she frown,_______Repetition Still I write a sweetheart down. Be she rough or smooth of skin; When I touch, I then begin For to let affection in. Be she bald, or does she wear Locks incurl’d of other hair,_____________Jumbling up of words I shall find enchantment there.

Be she whole, or be she rent,

So my fancy be content, She’s to me most excellent. Be she fat, or be she lean, Be she sluttish, be she clean, ...

The French monarch’s totalitarian authority stirred the French revolution between the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. It is during this period that ideals of equality, human rights, social difference and citizenships were manifested. The French revolution inspired some architecture styles including neo-classicism (Soboul, 1974) The Bastille was a symbol of King Louis’s absolute power and dictatorial authority. Political prisoners and anyone who dared to challenge the monarchy was locked up at the Bastille. Those imprisoned at this royal fortress were victims of the King’s direct orders. The prisoners did not undergo any trial to prove ...

The poems by Edgar Alan Poe and Hilda Doolittle are both allusion of Helen of Sparta who Greek mythology termed as the most beautiful woman that ever lived. Helen’s beauty is said to have caused wars and re-drew the history of Greece. The two poets’ portray Helen differently, while Poe marvels at her beauty and praises her passion and inspiration, Doolittle undermines this infamous beauty, casts as passionless and uninspiring. Poe looks at Helen with adoration, praising her for her stunning beauty; inward and outward beauty. This adoration is seen in the lines "Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic ...

Discussion Board

In his sonnets Shakespeare demonstrates the evolution of the speaker’s identity. It changes from one poem to another, and every time the author reveals something new about the speaker. Thus, the Sonnet 3 is dedicated to the searches of a woman “so fair whose uneared womb/ Disdains the tillage of thy husbandry?” (Shakespeare). The main character of this poem is a young man and he seeks for a prolongation of his image in the eternity: “Die single and thine image dies with thee” (Sonnet 3). Further, a change in the identity can be observed. He falls in love ...

Christianity, Islam and, Judaism are often called the three Abrahamic faiths since all three religions "trace their history to the ancient figure of Abraham," according to ReligionFacts (2016). Even so, Christianity, with about 2 billion adherents, and Islam, with about 1.3 billion adherents, are by far bigger than Judaism, which only has about 14 million followers around the world. What can be seen when comparing Christianity and Islam is that, while there are similarities, there are glaring differences that actually overshadow whatever the two great religious traditions have in common.

Part 1: Similarity

Christians and Muslims both believe in the concept of ...

George Herbert (1593-1633) adopted the Metaphysical style of poetry from Donne but in a simpler manner. His famous poem “Death” is an example of the poetry that uses rhetorical forms of writing like a paradox, hyperbole, and conceits. The poem constitutes two parts that have a contradicting view of death. The First part presents death as a fearsome being through the use of hideous expressions and imagery. The second part presents death as a friend and a passage to a better life. The last three stanzas give hope to Christians through the works of Jesus Christ. Through Christ’s ...

Geisst R. Charles’, Beggar Thy Neighbor: A history of Usury and Debt.

Part 2: Description of Expected Plans of Revisions and Expansions.

This paper primarily focuses on examining the three themes that dominated the era of usury and debt. The segregation of Protestants from the main denomination, that is, the Roman Catholic Church, the subsequent wars and Capitalism are some of the major things witnessed during that era. This paper will explore the major themes while having a look whether there exist any form of connection between them. From the Authors point of view, there is a connection between the three themes therefore he discussed them as a single ...

The Tempest by William Shakespeare is interestingly simple yet complex in its own way. It has the complete recipe that categorizes it as a true Shakesperian play written during his time, with its magical theme as opposed to what ‘s real, the conflict between a father and his dhild, or between the old and the new, and the most apparent struggle for power. The play, with its constant reference to power and culture, appears to be an elucidation on European colonization. There were so much indication in the text, such as the arrival of Prospero and his daughter, Miranda, ...

ANALYZE THE TROPE OF VIOLENCE IN ‘ANOTHER COUNTRY’

The story of an unsuccessful musician and his death is a knowingly violent one. The features of violence shape the general image of “Another Country”, revealing the deepest secrets of its characters and leading the plot to unexpected fields. The trope of violence, present in “Another Country” starts before Rufus’s death and is directly connected to him. As the story develops, violence starts to come out in other characters’ relationships. The violence, which takes place in Rufus’s life, is mainly focused around his affair with Leona and Eric. In fact, the origins of heterosexual relations are rooted ...

Comparison of W.H. Auden and John Dryden One of the differences in the stylistic choices of the two poets is the use of rhyme. In his elegy, John Dryden employs a rhyme scheme after every two sentences throughout the poem.

Thus Nisus fell upon the slippery place, While his young friend perform'd and won the race. O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more?. (Dryden) As seen in the first six lines of the poem, every two sentences maintain the same rhyme scheme. John Dryden employs an intricate and deliberate choice of words ...

Assignment : Essay based on Chapter 5 of “Beggar thy neighbour”.

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Assignment –A (1238 words) Essay-1 Question: The economic consequences of lending at compound interest resulted in loss of productive yield of the society. How finance dominated over economics and politics by using this concept of interest (Geisst 193)?

Introduction

The question given above poses a mandatory evaluation of the harmful impact of the compound interest based lending and consequent ease of loans for the people of America. The author, Charles Geisst, used the viewpoint of John Maynard Keynes to explain that the American society was so possessed by the idea of easily availing the loans using compounded ...

It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul.

Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars, It is the cause. Yet I’ll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow And smooth as monumental alabaster. Yet she must die, else she’ll betray more men. Put out the light, and then put out the light. If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, I can again thy former light restore Should I repent me. But once put out thy light, (Othello V.ii. 1-10). In this scene, Othello prepares himself for the heinous act of murdering Desdemona. Before he does so, ...

Abstract

In the current health scenario, the old adage ‘prevention is better than cure’ is outdated ("A New Vision of Wellness", 2011). Health costs are increasing day by day, but diseases have become more prevalent than before. Incidences of impaired mental health are on the rise. Isn’t it high time that we stop and take a look at the current medical scenario? People are suffering from chronic diseases like asthma, depression, diabetes, heart disease, pain, and even attention and learning problems. Moreover, the pharmaceutical companies are always introducing newer and better medicines and expensive ones too, but still, there ...