Hag

class started debating whether or not the knight had learned his lesson or simply just told the old hag what she wanted to hear, I realized the knight not only didn’t understand his revelation at the court that women wanted to be treated as equals, but also represents a large portion of society during this era that valued women for their nobility status, wealth, and physical appearance. The old hag turning into a beautiful women at the end makes me believe that the teller of this tale doesn’t…

In the fourth scene of the first act in Shakespeare’s famed tragedy Romeo and Juliet, character Mercutio gives a farcical speech in effort to cheer up his friend, Romeo. This speech may seem irrelevant to the plot, for it does nothing to move it forward, nor does it reveal any crucial information about a character, but when analyzed, the speech can be taken as another perspective on the tragic tale of the two star-crossed lovers. In the story, Mercutio and Benvolio decide to take their…

you know that john does but love me so much more than he could ever love a hag such as yourself,so yes john and i have made passion pass throughout our bones . our hair was naped at the Abigail continued- neck , the sweet musk of love was drawn from his very soul that you may never know for he has given all of this to me in exchange…

Chaucer’s tale, a knight who has raped a maiden is put on trial, and instead of being punished he is given the task to find out what women most desire. He travels all over and asks every woman, but he could not find the right answer. One day he saw an old hag and she tells him that what women most desire is to be in charge of their husbands. The story progresses, but this will be explained later, in the end the knight is given another choice, and he choses the noble answer.…

On the basis of entertainment and lesson-teaching, it is not difficult to see which tale in The Canterbury Tales is the best. Each pilgrim journeying to Canterbury tells their own story with a lesson and a bit of entertainment, and their stories reflect their actions and personalities. “The Pardoner’s Tale,” “The Wife of Bath’s Tale,” and “The Miller’s Tale” represent their storytellers while capturing the attention of the reader. However, only one of the tales has the strongest lesson and the…

are crazy. It’s called sleep paralysis. Over the centuries, symptoms of sleep paralysis have been described in many ways and often attributed to an "evil" presence, unseen night demons in ancient times, the old hag in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and alien abductors. A night hag or old hag is a fantasy creature from the folklore. Almost every…

Owen’s exploration of extraordinary human experiences is vividly exhibited in ‘Dulce et Decorum’ and ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’. These two highly developed poems successfully prove that the most influential texts are those which have an intense focus on extraordinary human experiences. By being able to immerse the audience in striking imagery, Owen questions the value of war, whilst scrutinising the suffering on the battlefield in an aggravated manner. The experiences of war for…

one’s country is “sweet and fitting” due to Owen’s view point on the duplicity of war. Owen depicts the ragged state of the soldiers in the first stanza when he notes that the soldiers are: “Bent double, like old beggars”, “Knock-Kneed, coughing like hags” “towards our distant…

of a group of soldiers retreating from the front lines of the battlefield. They are exhausted and are,''Bent double like old beggars under sacks ''. The poet used a simile to convey the ragged wretched state of the soldiers. They are''Coughing like hags''. The once clean, strong, handsome, young men are being compared to old, ugly, ill women. The mud in the trenches was thick and difficult to move through,'' We cursed through sludge''. Their movement is reduced by the reality of war. Cursed is…

In the poem Beowulf kills the troll-wife, who is Grendel’s mother. The troll-wife is referred to as “a monstrous hag.” (814) and had been reeking havoc on Heorot hall and so Beowulf wanted to put an end to it. When he went into the swamp to seek out the troll wife, he was not attracted to her in any way, and was not attracted to her just as he had been told. With…