Mistress

Good evening and welcome to today’s seminar, my name is Jemma and I’ll be talking about two of Shakespeare’s poem, both representing the theme of love. The two poems that will be explored today are Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 130. Although both of these poems represent the theme of love, they do so in different ways. The two poems that I will be discussing and analysing are both written by the well-known poet, William Shakespeare. Shakespeare was born in Srattford-upon-avon, Warwickshire in England.…

In the poems To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell and To The Virgin To Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick both poems are formulated around the idea of Carpe Diem. Marvel is using his poem to prove a point that youth and love last as long as there is lust for a woman's beauty. Similarly, Herrick's states the same point that woman's love life is at peak when she's still young and beautiful. Both writers express the point to the reader not to waste time in their youth and accept that love best…

Mistress Shore is one of the most important characters in Shakespeare 's play Richard III, even though she doesn’t show up at all in the play. Without Mistress Shore, much of the play up unto this point would not develop the way it is with her, in fact without her as a plot device, there would be no Richard III because she is what allows for the jailing and death of Hastings, as well as the incrimination of the queen later on in the play and even the development of Richard as a character he is.…

until she can give her all to her own. The speaker’s argument back is that she will lose her virginity regardless, whether it be to him or lose it to the grave when she dies. He also says that life is too short for values. 8. In the poem, “To His Coy Mistress”, the speaker implies that life is short, he is saying that we should live life to the fullest. As long as you are on earth, you should be free to do as you please. The main suggests that we should do whatever makes us happy, because in the…

one point in history that was so paranoid by these people that they would burn them at the stake. There also is another group that shows love, compassion and mercy to this group. Because I am part of the second group I believe full heartedly that Mistress Hibbins should not have been put to death for the sin of Witch-craft. I will support my claim with three proofs which are: She needed help, she needed love and she needed Jesus.…

away? Is it something we need to live by? Or is it a motto that we need to be cautious of? In the cleverly filthy poem, “To his Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, it’s a perfect example of the Latin notion that shows the benefits and the drawbacks of living by carpe diem. Marvell famously opens with a scare-tactic of the concept of a lover’s argument in pursuing his mistress to his sexual desires. The speaker uses the recurring motif of time and how it is…

beauty and physical beauty, can be found in “My Mistress’ eyes are nothing but the sun (Sonnet 130)” by William Shakespeare and “She Walks in Beauty” by George Godron, both authors discuss how beauty can be interpreted differently. These poems do a great job at explaining how beauty has different affects on its beholders,…

Furthermore, mental conflict is explored through a number of poems studied this year, by diverse poets and varied literary techniques to exploit this conflict. Silvia Plath lost her father at 8, marred into an abusive relation at 20 and took her own life at the age of 31, all events suggest that Plath’s life was far from mentally stable and this is reflected on her work. A piece called Daddy is about the feeling of rejection, Plath utilises holocaust imagery to describe the relation between…

“compassion is that basis of morality.” Compassion of oneself defines the morality that one presents towards others. Morality is perspective that could change during time because you start experiencing life. In the novel “Roxana or The Fortunate Mistress” the main character Roxana goes through changes of her perspective of morality. Roxana’s perspective of morality change from survive needs then to greed, but in the end she feels guilty of her actions. Roxana was living on her own since her…

woman is described as being able to “sew… cook… [and] talk talk talk” - a continued allusion to the 1950s image of the perfect housewife that can perform ‘wifely duties’ and talks constantly with no substance. Similarly, Andrew Marvell in To His Coy Mistress alludes to the dominance of the man in relationships and his attempts at courtship. Marvell addresses often taboo subjects such as “long-preserved virginity”; virginity has ancient connotations of value, property, and ownership which is…