Tread

otherworldly and goddess-like all women are ‘And where their form and their infinity/Make a terrestrial Galaxy/As the small stars do in the sky’ This juxtaposes the attitude of Shakespeare, ‘I grant I never saw a goddess go/My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.’ He has never considered that his love would be anything but a mortal woman. Sonnet 130 then closes with the idea that, even though these flaws would turn away other men, his love for her is greater than any shortcomings,…

than how Hamlet and Laertes deal with their grief. Ophelia is so overwhelmed with her grief that she goes mad and eventually kills herself. While Laertes and Claudius are plotting their revenge against Hamlet, Gertrude enters and says “ one woe doth tread upon another’s heel, so fast they follow. Your sister’s drowned, Laertes” (IIII.iiiiiii.187-188). While the male characters are able to channel their emotions, Ophelia becomes impulsive and kills herself because she is unable to deal with the…

Intelligence, bravery, dependence, loyalty, and strength are all things that are commonly seen in a hero. Bilbo has all of these characteristics and some beyond that. He is clever as is shown during his competition with Gollum. He is also brave as we know when reading his encounter with the spiders in Mirkwood. He is loyal to his friends and they can depend on him. He is mentally strong and in many was he is the reason that the dwarves were able to complete their quest. Bilbo Baggins is the true…

The poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman is about a captain that is lying dead on the floor of the ship. The ship is returning home while the people on the shore are celebrating the return. The speaker is a shipmate and cannot celebrate the return of the trip because he is grieving the loss of his captain. Whitman wrote this poem after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln shortly after the Civil War. The poem consists of many metaphors, imagery, figurative and literal language,…

From the prosperity of the 1920s and the poverty of the Great Depression, the Modernist era in American literature brought an end to the sense of optimism that reigned earlier. The disillusionment and uncertainty led to bold new ideas and ideologies that affected each individual differently. The modernist poems in American literature captured the sense of uncertainty through the challenges of segregation and nativist attitudes toward immigrants. Within The United States, the country was in a…

Additionally, elements of personification and intense imagery, as when the speaker depicts the woman as “a modest maid, decked with a blush of honour / whose feet do tread green paths of youth and love” reveal the amount of attention paid to this woman and the great distress relayed upon the speaker due to his inability to attain her love (Daniel, 9-10). Contrary to the emphasis on the admiration of an unattainable lover…

Sin, “an immoral act considered to be a transgression against divine law.” While acknowledging this term, many individuals obtain their own interpretation of what’s known as “sinful deeds”. Considering the contrasting personalities in humanity, separate religion and distinctive faith will guide the individual following the act. In Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne, a woman encountering the inadequate features of life, endures the path of sin through transgressional choices,…

The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant deeply treads on the concept of Ma’at – the Egyptian concept of truth, order, and justice personified by the goddess Ma’at. The concept of Ma’at is critical to Egyptian society for two primary reasons – it further serves to strengthen the rule of the king and provides…

Secrecy, is the main acceleration point of The Scarlet Letter. It is what brings down all mankind at some point in time. Secrecy is what prevents trust, but also keeps it stable in today’s world. There is no where you could go, that doesn't have a secret or mystery to hide. What is the driving point of secrecy? Why is it that secrecy is always present in the face of conflict? What makes the feeling of need when secrecy comes into play? The natural man has a divine but damaging tendency to…

The modern-day definition of feminism is largely regarded as the advocacy of women’s rights on the basis of equality of the sexes. A widely debated topic amongst scholars is whether Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter is an example of proto-feminist literature. The first wave feminist movement wasn’t put into action until the late 19th century, a few years after The Scarlet Letter was written and published, prompting questions regarding if Hester Prynne was one of the first feminists and a…