William Butler Yeats

This, however, does not excuse man’s blatant disregard for the woman’s humanity and perceived inferiority. Judith Butler argues that sex is a matter of interpretation and contrary to Beauvoir, it is not natural. Perhaps the most or one of the most famous quotes in Beauvoir’s the Second Sex, “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman” further dives into the stance…

Introduction In Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era, Beatriz Preciado uses their body and their body of work as a means of transing theory. Put another way, B.P. uses a genre bending approach to writing theory to attempt to articulate the lived experience of gender ambiguity. B.P. challenges normative conceptions and understandings of bodies, theory, and modes of production in an attempt to explain the queer body. To do so, B.P. employs the radical approach…

The quote: "Some Cupid kills with arrows, some with traps" is expressed throughout William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and William Butler Yeats' "When You Are old". This quote conveys that love can come to people either directly with "arrows" or through manipulation with "traps", but Cupid is always the one who decides their fate. Much Ado About Nothing is full of representations of this quote, where couples fall in love naturally or due to deception all because of Cupid's plans. "When…

Although Rufus is the white son of a slaveholder in the 1800’s, Dana’s initial plan for autonomy was to change and improve Rufus’s perception. Coming from 1976, she believes she can make headway towards racial equality because she lives in a time which it has become a reality. She figures if she is saving his life on multiple occasions, he might be willing to listen to her. Mitchell agrees with this theory as she points out “Rufus lives only because Dana saves his life again and again” (54).…

Kindred is a science fiction book written by Octavia Butler which explores slavery, interracial relationships, family history, love, hate, and fear through time travel. The main character and narrator is Edana who goes by Dana, an African American woman newly married to Kevin who is white in 1976. Dana and Kevin have just moved from an apartment in Los Angeles to a home of their own a few miles away in Altadena. In the prologue Dana’s arm was crushed inside a wall in her home, and had to be…

Women in the Civil War Women have dealt with many inconveniences over the years, but the Civil War is one of the greatest of them. Many roles of women included nurses, spies, soldiers, housewives, et cetera. Many other women stayed in their hometowns, whom were left lonely by their husbands and relatives who left for war. Some women were longing for adventure, claiming that they could do anything that a man could. Others believed it was only a man’s duty to fight on the battlefield. Other women…

his book W.B. Yeats, Man and Poet. William Butler Yeats, an Anglo-Irish poet wrote the poems from The Tower between 1912 and 1927 and the collection was published in 1928. Most of these poems have a common theme: violence. Indeed, they were written during a difficult and violent period of the History of Ireland. In less than ten years happened: the Easter Rising in 1916 then the War of independence and the Civil War. However, after all these events, the Free State was born. W.B. Yeats was very…

Mehmet Geyik Prof. Emmolo ENG 106 – Writing Through Literature 08/21/2015 How love, age, and beauty are intertwined in "When You Are Old" by Yeats The love feelings in human beings are a unique feeling that translates to several actions by the person experiencing it. However it is intertwined into other aspects of the people such as the age and beauty of the people in love. Age dictates the beauty aspects which in turn is responsible for attraction to the people of opposite gender who are to…

RD1: Biography and Cultural Influences William Blake once said, “Those who control their passions do so because their passions are weak enough to be ignored.” This quote reflects William Blake’s spirit as a fervent poet whose artistic abilities are unmistakable in his various works of literature. Blake is a nineteenth century poet from the Romantic Era who is known to be an influential poet and philosopher. For instance, Blake’s unique, visionary mind is evident in “The Tyger,” a popular…

“He who troubles his own house will inherit the wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart”. Proverb 11:29 explains when someone creates a conflict within their own community, they must suffer the consequences of their actions. This is evident in the two sources I will be examining which is the film Inherit the Wind, directed by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee debuted in 1960 as well as the Scopes Trial also known as The Monkey Trial that took place in the state of Tennessee on…