Nymph

pentameter with heroic couplets and is based on a real incident which occurred in the 18th Century between two aristocratic families. Pope also used supernatural elements such as the use of a “nymph” and a “sylph” , which were a quintessential feature in epic and mock-epic poetry. The poem starts with the “heroes and nymphs” gossiping about political matters and fashion, among other things. Here, Pope uses irony as he uses the phrase “in various talk the instructive hours they passed” to…

Mutability and Permanance: An Analytical Exploration of Epigrams 4-6 in Spenser’s Translations of Theatre for Worldlings Reading literature by Edmund Spenser requires a keen eye and a willingness to investigate beyond the text. You are not simply able to read Spenser and somehow acquire what each line means as a first-time reader of his works. Reading Spenser peaks ones’ interest to explore common themes, similarities, imagery, and the allusions which bring forward the meaning behind the text.…

them do things impulsively. In the myths Narcissus and Echo, Eurydice and Orpheus, and Apollo and Daphne, Ovid sends us the messages, love doesn't come easily and you don’t always get what you want. The myth of Narcissus and Echo tells the tale of a nymph, unable to mold her own words, who is in love with a self-obsessed man. Eurydice and Orpheus is the story of a couple whose wedding day results in an unexpected tragic twist. When Eurydice dies walking down the aisle, Orpheus is willing to risk…

In 1483-1485 Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici commissioned the painting of The birth of Venus. Artist Sandro Botticelli completed this work of patronage for the Medici family. Using tempera on panel this piece is about 9 feet high and 6 feet wide, creating a larger than life element to this piece. This piece was originally titled La nascita di Venere and today can be viewed in the Uffizi Gallery, but was originally for the villa of Castello owned by the Medici family. This famous…

In Book I, Apollo first attempts to rape the nymph Daphne, the daughter of the river god Peneus, who wishes to remain a chaste virgin. When he first approaches her praising her beauty in an attempt at seduction, she immediately runs away to escape him. Ovid writes, “She flees more swiftly than the…

Lycanthropy as a medical condition. The fact that the original title of the poem was “Insanity” but then later changed to “The Maniac” Robinson stylizes the figure of the maniac with animalistic characteristics. Nymph, Werewolf, Medusa – all subjects of mortality. Nymphs. Young girls. Personifications of natural places and powers, they are often lusty beings who inhabit wild places and accompany greater gods or goddesses. Medusa. “In the nineteenth century, medusa was a…

(a) ECO-CRITICISM Eco-criticism originated in a bio-social context of unrestrained capitalism, excessive exploitation of nature and worrying shapes of environmental hazards. It sees how a ‘literary text’ contributes into the ‘construction’ of nature and the politics of development (Nayar, 241). Eco-criticism focuses on the link between literature and nature. Raymond Williams in his ‘The Country and the City’(1973) elegantly argued how English Literature contributed to specific notions of nature…

She and her brother, Apollo, are the children of Zeus and Leto (a titan). She is a maiden and protector of the young, and roams with her nymph (nature spirit) companions, who are also maidens, hunting wild animals with her bow and arrow. Artemis is very possessive, and anyone who tries to dishonor her or those she loves would be punished very severely, such as the hunter Actaeon, whom she…

expedition was a treacherous trek that seemed near impossible. Odysseus had many opponents. One of them was Polyphemus (cyclops), the son of Poseidon, who trapped Odysseus and his crew in his cave. Another opponent Odysseus encountered was Calypso (nymph) who imprisoned Odysseus on the island of Ogygia. He also made the hard decision of choosing to sail into either Scylla, the sea-monster, or Charybdis, the whirlpool. These opponents were difficult to evade but Odysseus always had a plan to save…

In The Odyssey, Odysseus is on the enchanting island of ogygia, home of the nymph Calypso. But even though the sight is breathtaking and a paradise, Odysseus still wants to go home to his…