Kallie Hall
Professor Peltier
Literature 100
10/28/2015
Midterm Exam
Group A:
The poetry we covered from the Renaissance was “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer Night” and “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun” by Shakespeare, “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, and “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe. These writers confront the idea of “carpe diem” by not entertaining the thought of what tomorrow may bring. For example, in “To His Coy Mistress”, Marvell is saying if there were enough time on earth, he and his mistress would do all of these great things, however they do not have all the time in world so they must focus on today and make good use of …show more content…
There are several similarities between Hamlet and “The Yellow Wallpaper”. For example, Hamlet and the woman in “The Yellow Wallpaper” are both grieving. Hamlet is grieving over the death of his father and the woman is grieving with depression. Both characters also have people surrounding them that try to help them. Horatio attempts to help Hamlet with the problems he faces after his father’s death and John and his sister Jennie try to help his wife through her depression the best way they think possible. In both texts, there is a also a theme of revenge. Hamlet seeks revenge for his father upon his uncle once he married his mother. The author of “The Yellow Wallpaper” is said to have written this short story to seek revenge upon the doctor who did the same thing to her as the woman’s husband was doing in the story, which was keeping her isolated during a period of depression after she had her first child. She wanted to show to the doctor that his practice did not work and only made the situation worse. In Hamlet, insanity is treated as more of a unique thing that people try to stray from. People begin to think Hamlet is insane once he states that he has seen his deceased father in spirit. This is different compared to “The Yellow Wallpaper” because in this, insanity is looked at as something that happens to women and is “treatable” for the most part. Once seen as insane, Hamlet and the woman are both not taken as seriously as they seem they need to be. The woman is
Professor Peltier
Literature 100
10/28/2015
Midterm Exam
Group A:
The poetry we covered from the Renaissance was “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd” by Sir Walter Raleigh, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer Night” and “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun” by Shakespeare, “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, and “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe. These writers confront the idea of “carpe diem” by not entertaining the thought of what tomorrow may bring. For example, in “To His Coy Mistress”, Marvell is saying if there were enough time on earth, he and his mistress would do all of these great things, however they do not have all the time in world so they must focus on today and make good use of …show more content…
There are several similarities between Hamlet and “The Yellow Wallpaper”. For example, Hamlet and the woman in “The Yellow Wallpaper” are both grieving. Hamlet is grieving over the death of his father and the woman is grieving with depression. Both characters also have people surrounding them that try to help them. Horatio attempts to help Hamlet with the problems he faces after his father’s death and John and his sister Jennie try to help his wife through her depression the best way they think possible. In both texts, there is a also a theme of revenge. Hamlet seeks revenge for his father upon his uncle once he married his mother. The author of “The Yellow Wallpaper” is said to have written this short story to seek revenge upon the doctor who did the same thing to her as the woman’s husband was doing in the story, which was keeping her isolated during a period of depression after she had her first child. She wanted to show to the doctor that his practice did not work and only made the situation worse. In Hamlet, insanity is treated as more of a unique thing that people try to stray from. People begin to think Hamlet is insane once he states that he has seen his deceased father in spirit. This is different compared to “The Yellow Wallpaper” because in this, insanity is looked at as something that happens to women and is “treatable” for the most part. Once seen as insane, Hamlet and the woman are both not taken as seriously as they seem they need to be. The woman is