Mistress

not mean she is any less important. Mistress Hibbins despite not being a main character is not just one of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s random characters. Hibbins, a known witch in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, has a very peculiar role in the novel. Her dark and out of place comments throughout the novel have more importance than the reader might think. Symbolism is present quite often in Hawthorne’s novel, Mistress Hibbins being the most important symbol. Mistress Hibbins is a witch and everyone is…

The Mistress of the Art of Death by: Ariana Franklin There were many takeaways from The Mistress of the Art of Death. The biggest takeaway from the novel was that women have always been struggling for equality, and even in medieval times women have been trying to break the hold of the title of being a women. In the beginning of the novel we are introduced to Adelia. Adelia is the main protagonist in the novel and is not only a doctor but an expert in discovering the way of someone's death,…

“To His Coy Mistress,” is a poem about a man telling a woman that he desires her and that they don’t have much time to be together so they should love each other while they have a chance. The message of this poem is rather straight forward. The speaker used beautiful words to spell out that he wishes to sleep with the shy mistress and that they should seize the day because time never stops and no matter what they do time will continue to pass. The poem’s rhythm of alternating unstressed and…

Albee choice to make Martin’s mistress a goat is a disturbing yet effective way to portray the message of human sexuality and desire. The first couple times Martin speaks about Sylvia the goat, the audience and characters see it as a joke. There are many moments of laughter in the audience. When Martin’s friend, Ross, writes a letter to Martin’s wife, Stevie, exposing Martin’s infidelity, laughter soon turns into shock and disgust. Before the climax reading of the letter, the walls of the room…

‘romantic’ doesn’t mean ‘sugary’. It’s dark and tormented--the furor of passion, the despair of an idealism that you can’t attain.” (Tsai) ,” said French film-maker, Catherine Breillat, as she reflect on the motivation to adapt the romantic novel The Last Mistress. There is often a huge misconception to the meaning of Romanticism; people often overlook the gut wrenching songs played on emotion and irrational fears and focus on the over extravagant intakes on love. Romanticism is a large movement…

An example of a difficult situation for a revolution is in The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. The Lunar colonies in this novel are subject to a variety of injustices, high taxes, and forms of oppression. Their physical and political position renders them completely powerless against the decisions of Tera. Some, like Wyoming Knott, were optimistic…

John Skelton pours out his heart for his love in his poem “To Mistress Isabell Pennell.” He uses abstruse botanical diction to compare the woman to multiple flowers, including “rosabell[s]” (5), “camamell[s]” (6), “rosar[ies]” (7), rosemar[ies]” (8), “violet[s]” (12), and “dais[ies]” (14), to reveal her beauty and character. In addition to the abstruse botanical diction, abstruse theological diction is prevalent as well. He utilizes the theological diction with the words “Saint Mary” (1), “God”…

Catherine Clinton, the writer of The Plantation Mistress, calls out the many literature pieces concerning slavery, the South, and the many myths concerning the women of this time, in her book. She shows how in literature much of the focus is on the plantation master rather than the women of these plantations and she rather focus on the women in her piece. Through her book readers finally get a serious look at how “the southern belle” lives and how they were treated. The study in her book focuses…

Macbeth and his wife have a relationship that is comparable to the relationship described in “To His Coy Mistress”.In Macbeth they intently love each other even during the worst of times. This is similar to “To His Coy Mistress” because in the poem the narrator has this love for a woman but the woman is unsure of the whole situation is, unknowing of what she wants. Similarly in“To His Coy Mistress” by Marvell, the speaker is a man who is talking about a highly shy woman whom he wants to love…

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…