For His Son

lack of skills, education, and opportunities that were available to women in medieval England allow her some room to make mistakes, as at least she was trying to normalise women’s sexuality and that has to earn her some merit as a feminist. In ‘To His Coy Mistress’ by Andrew Marvel sex appears not to be used in an empowering way, but in a much…

Marvell expresses Carpe Diem in his poem “To His Coy Mistress.” Another poet by the name of Sir John Suckling shows the same idea of Carpe Diem in his poem “Song.” Sir John Suckling was born in the 17th century where life was very different when it came to culture media and hygiene. This is shown when a critic by the name of Michael P. Parker who describes Suckling’s early life when he says “Sir John Suckling was born in February, 1609, into a prominent gentry family. His father, also Sir John,…

Both “The Golden Compass” and “Diamond as Big as the Ritz” deal with the theme of betrayal in contrasting ways. On one hand, Lyra tries the whole book to save Roger and in the end is his downfall, but Percy betrays John from the start and ends up dead instead. The novel “The Golden Compass” by Philip Pullman and the short story “Diamond as Big as the Ritz” by F. Scott Fitzgerald involve important deceptions which result in death. Death is inevitable in the stories as it portrays the foundations…

Asriel shows that people with a lot of power are just like everyone else in the sense that they cannot always be trusted, powerful does not necessarily equal trustworthy. This shifted her thinking about the master and had an impact on her because of his importance. From very early on in the book powerful figures do things that shape the characters and the plot in order for Lyra to learn through other characters actions and…

“To his Coy Mistress” demonstrates a lot of drawbacks to living by the motto carpe diem. The title alone implies that the poem was dated back many years ago. The term “mistress” was a way of saying miss, a common use of courtesy, when referencing to a lady. A lady values her virtue and her standing in society, especially one that is very judgmental. The con of society pressure of how strong of an influence of religion and social standard, created a perspective of what women should be doing.…

Love and Time Are Precious: Let’s Use It Wisely In life, one of the most amazing things we experience is love and that special connection with our significant other. In the poem, “To Coy His Mistress”, Andrew Marvell tells the efforts of a man who is desperately trying to seduce his mistress into making love with him before it’s too late. With this dramatic monologue Marvell express the speaker’s admiration and desire to love the mistress through metaphors and imagery to connect to the themes…

In response to the poem wrote by Andrew Marvell titled “Coy Mistress,” two different authors wrote a response poem to his work. These two authors who wrote the response poem are named Annie Finch and A. D. Hope, and while their response is wrote in not only a different perspective, but the poems are different as well. The response poem authors will not address everything that is said in the original poem, but they will both give a different insight for what is said from the female point of view.…

The two poems, “The Flea” by John Donne and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell are example of Carpe Diem and have similar theme. Carpe Diem means to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future. Both poem heeds romantic theme. Both poems show the sign of Carpe Diem very well. In “The Flea” Donne’s speaker says “ A sin, nor shame, nor loss of maidenhead, / Yet this enjoys before it woo” ( Donne 6-7 ). The speaker refers to a flea which has no shame…

that is proposed to Christopher Marlowe after he writes "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love". He writes this poem to a lady, and intends for her to fall in love with him. Unfortunately the outcome may take a turn for the worst. Sir Walter Raleigh writes "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" as a reply from the lady to Marlowe. Marlowe writes about the date and love that he has prepared for the lady of his dreams. A night filled with romance and love. He has promised a night of listening…

Donne and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell are two poems classified as carpe diem. Carpe diem is Latin phrase for “Seize the day”. Both speakers use the ideals of carpe diem to persuade the auditor to live in the moment. They do this by saying that the auditor is young and beautiful and that they are meant to be. Although both speakers try their best to persuade the auditor to have sex with them, the speaker in “To his coy mistress” impresses the auditor the best. In “To his coy…