Hag

gold, and grey. Black is a color that can represent a variety of emotions, but for Mercutio's it represents anger, more specifically Mercutio's abrupt mood swings. As stated in the text, “ O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you/... This is the hag, when maids lie on their backs/ that presses them and learns them first to bear,/ Making them women of good marriage/ This she is-” (1.4.53-94). The Queen Mab speech is one of Mercutio’s most famous monologues. The speech starts off lighthearted…

Lear declares his daughters as “unnatural hags.” (Shakespeare 2.4 278) According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the term “hag” is referred to “ An evil spirit, demon, or infernal being, in female form.” (OED Online) Towards the beginning of the play, Goneril and Regan comply with Lear, but their behavior quickly changes once they have received their power. All of this demeaning imagery highlight the twisted, yet, natural impulses of Goneril and Regan. Hags, if meant to be demon figures, are…

Book V, Artegall encounters hags who openly criticize him: “Then th’other coming neare, gan him reuile, / And fouly rayle, with all she could inuent; / Saying, that he had with vnmanly guile, / And foule abusion both his honour blent, / And that bright sword, the sword of Iustice lent / Had stayned with reprochfull crueltie, / In guiltlesse blood of many an innocent” (5.12.40.1-7). The hags are ignored by both Artegall and his executioner, Talus. After hearing how the hags speak ill of them,…

Women in Literature in the Middle Ages During the Middle ages, Women, were closely portrayed in the works of Geoffroy Chaucer wrote Specifically to the world in which he lived in. So, he showed views of women thru the middle ages thru Both “The Millers Tale “As well as “The Wife of Bath” In his famous work The Canterbury Tales. One will see that the Women’s roles portrayed in life and more in debt of the marriages. Women were given no choice of their chosen husband During this time, Women were…

Bennett.” The young man stepped back, looking her up and down, almost inspecting her. He sighed of pleasure. “Well you are more beautiful than I expected. When father sent me to find you, I figured Jennifer Bennett would be an ugly hag. You are definitely not an ugly hag.” They both shared a…

Narcolepsy is a condition where one has sudden fits of sleep, while night hags are when one wakes up in the middle of the night in terror. Both result in hallucinations, but narcolepsy are more visual, and Night hags are physical and tactical. People in these states would have vivid hallucinations that they have never experienced before. What is extremely fascinating is the toll that narcolepsy and night hags has taken on people which can be seen throughout history. For example, it is highly…

Title Shakespeare 's last play, The Tempest, is a story about a magician named Prospero who creates a tempest to crash a boat of people on an island. With the help of his servant Ariel, he is able to perform magic, making sure no one on the boat was harmed. Prospero also has another servant (more like a slave), Caliban, who he treats maliciously. Caliban knew the island very well and after Prospero got all the island 's secrets from him, he sent Caliban out of his care, to a rock where he was…

Some time later after several character stories, it is the Wife of Bath’s turn to tell her tale. Before she begins, she gives a very lengthy Prologue. She begins by stating how she considers herself an authority on marriage due to her extensive experience of five marriages since she was first wedded at twelve (TCT, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue lines ). She states she 's received criticism for it due to people citing the Biblical story of the Wedding at Cana, which is the only such event Christ…

first-hand in the front-line of WWI. He uses the language techniques simile, to describe the appearance of soldiers, to refute the lesson exposed by many other poems that war is sweet and right. “Bent double like old beggars under sacks” and “coughing like hags” as the opening line of his poem. This gives the reader an unexpected view of soldiers’ appearance that many other…

------------------------------------------- Once Meigui finishes her make-up and hair, she went to choose a beautiful, light, sultry dress that accentuates her body and puts in on. As she smiles to herself in the mirror and thinks, { Meigui will always win in the end….Hah!, now that I that hag and that slut is gone, who else would dare to get in my way….ahahaha…--hmp--…