Ardea

Throughout the late 19th century following the Industrial Revolution, society became focused on urban life and neglected the significance of rural life and the natural world. In “A White Heron” Sarah Orne Jewett, through Sylvia’s decision to protect the heron, contemplates the importance of nature and rural society. In particular, Jewett employs the cow grazing scene to relate the endearing and familiar affiliation that Sylvia has with the natural world. The hunter establishes a contrast to Sylvia’s relationship with nature and initially convinces her to accept his destructive view towards nature. When Sylvia climbs the tree to find the heron she unknowingly rediscovers and transcends her awareness of and association with nature. Sylvia’s final choice to withhold the heron’s location shows that she is content with nature and rural society and her connection to the natural world is more important than human desires and material wealth. In “A White Heron” Sylvia has a familiar and intimate relation to nature, initially accepts the hunter’s destructive view of the natural world, rediscovers and transcends her view of nature, and realizes that her relationship with the natural world is more important then her love for the hunter and material wealth. Sylvia, although she does not realize it, is intimately familiar with and emotionally connected to the natural world and rural life. Sylvia refers to her cow as a “valued companion” and considers the cow’s pranks as an “intelligent…

“A White Heron”, written by Sarah Orne Jewett, depicts the struggle of a young girl trying to understand the true nature of the feelings of attraction that emerge in the adolescent years. These feelings, she soon discovers, are often at odds with the values that one holds dear, which often leads to a conflict. In “A White Heron”, Jewett applies contrasting images of light and darkness to depict Sylvia’s struggle with and eventual victory over the deception of human attraction. This struggle…

In the short story, “A White Heron” by Sarah Orne Jewett, the main character Sylvia is a little girl living and growing up in the wilderness with her grandmother Old Mrs. Tilley. In this story there is a blurring of the lines between humans and animals. The animals are not just animals in a story but possess those personalities and characteristics of people. Sometimes the animals mirror the main characters themselves to represent the relationship between them. So when a threat presents himself,…

A White Heron Essay Sylvia, the wanderer and adventure seeking young girl who goes on an adventure to find a white heron that was spoken about. Jewett dramatizes Sylvia’s adventure by the use of natural imagery, third person point of view, and a simile. The author does these things to make the story flow better and make it more dramatic. The Author does this to connect the story and show that Sylvia was one with nature. Each literary device helps support what is going on in the story. The…

Her cult among the Latins, however, seems to be immemorial, for she had apparently at least two ancient temples, one at Lavinium, the other in Ardea, at which festivals of the Latin cities were held. Hence, it was no long step to bring her to Rome, apparently from Ardea itself. But how she came to be identified with so important a goddess as Aphrodite remains a puzzle. At the close of the Roman Republic, some Romans laid claim to Venus' favor and competed for it, such as Sulla Adopting the name…

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Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, also known as “Tarquin the Proud” (Heaton). He ruled the kingdom strongly, but was disliked by the Roman people for two main reasons. First, the ruler of Rome had always consulted with the members of the Senate, who were elected by the Romans. King Lucius Tarquinis Superbus rarely followed this tradition, and instead ignored the Senators, which made the Roman people feel as though they had no influence in their own governing (Lendering). Secondly and more importantly,…

Preceding the rape, Livy describes how Tarquin ousted Servius Tullius as king of Rome and began ruling as a tyrant (Livy 1.47-48). Tarquin, out of tyrannical greed, attempted to conquer Ardea and the Rutulians, though the war became a long and unsuccessful siege (Livy 1.57). During this time, several noblemen, including Tarquin’s son Sextus Tarquinius, had a contest to determine whose wife was best; Collatinus’ wife Lucretia was declared the most chaste and virtuous (Livy 1.57). This inspired…