ESSAY CEMETERY

Prologue At first she is reluctant to tell of the beginning of the creation of the commonwealth because she feels unworthy. But then she is inspired by Bartas and begins. She apologizes for her irreparably inferior skill. She objects to the convention against women writing and addresses the scorn with which women writers are regarded. She concedes that men do everything better, but asks men not to completely disregard women's smaller talents. She says her poetry is worthy of recognition. To My Dear and Loving Husband She loves her husband and is joyful to be with him. She loves him more than all the riches and though she cannot repay him she prays heaven will reward him. She asks him to persevere in love so that through this love they may live forever. Verses Upon the Burning of Our House When she went to sleep she did not expect disaster, but she is awakened with cries of "fire!" She prays to god for help, leaves her house and looks upon her burning dwel

THEMES Variability of creatures under god Quoting from Scripture Laws governing proper social behavior Interpretation of the bible Cockiness that they are the chosen ones Body of Chris Love Individual conduct to benefit the common good Generosity Assistance to those in need KEY WORDS His (God's) laws STYLE AND DEVICES Quoting scripture Question and answer format John Winthrop

God has made the world so that there are those who are less fortunate, and more fortunate. The reasons are: 1. To be in accord with the variability present in the natural world. Also, it is more satisfactory to gain followers of God secondhand, via a man messenger than directly by God accruing them.  2. The variation in the goodness of people gives God the opportunity to use his power to moderate vices, and support and endow with virtues.  3. Variety causes men to need one another and thus grow closer together. The difference in men is not because some are better than others but because this serves God and all God's men. People should show mercy and exercise justice toward one another, and be governed by the Laws of Nature (love thy neighbor as you love yourself) and Gospel (hospitality, as dictated by the Gospel). The following is in Q&A format: Men should help others in need. They should behave in this way because they care for one another as much as they ca

Summary :  The Tempest  is Shakespeare's last play, written in the early 17 th  century. The play features the character Antonio, whose attitude towards power mirrors the political spirit of the time. Renaissance in Europe was a time of political turmoil- treaties were made and broken, and rulers held thrones for progressively smaller stretches of time. Machiavelli, who was still influential in Shakespeare's time, held the viciously ruthless view that power is to be attained by any means. In  The Tempest  Antonio conspires with the King of Naples and usurps the throne of his own brother Prospero, the Duke of Milan. Later in the story he conspires again, this time against the King of Naples, who was previously his ally. Thus Antonio, involved in schemes to seize power throughout the entirety of the story, is the embodiment of the precarious political balance of the era. Essay The Tempest is Shakespeare's last play, written in the early 17 th century. It is thought b

THEMES/INTERESTING THINGS Evoking Fate -           " Stand fast, good Fate, to his hanging: make the rope of his destiny our cable" -           " By accident most strange, bountiful Fortune, Now my dear lady, hath mine enemies Brought to this shore; " Usurpation of rulers and the seizing of power: -           Usurpation of Prospero by Antonio and Alonso -           Plan to usurp Alonso by Antonio and Sebastian Revenge -           "By accident most strange, bountiful Fortune, Now my dear lady, hath mine enemies Brought to this shore; " Noble birth doesn’t necessitate gentility: -           " To think but nobly of my grandmother: Good wombs have borne bad sons" Education as more valuable than nobility -           "Knowing I loved my books, he furnish'd me From mine own library with volumes that I prize above my dukedom. " -           " Me, poor man, my library Was dukedom large enou

CHARACTERS The shipwrecked: Alonso - King of Naples, father of Ferdinand (conspired with Antonio) Ferdinand - Prince of Naples, falls in love with Miranda Sebastian - brother of Alonso, also conspired with Antonio against Prospero Antonio - brother of Prospero, Duke of Milan after usurping Prospero (conspired with Alonso) Gonzalo - leaves Miranda and Prospero supplies, enabling their survival Stephano - friend of Trinculo Trinculo - friend of Stephano, thought to be a spirit by Caliban ---- Claribel - Alonso's daughter, married to the Prince of Tunis Miranda - Prospero's daughter, falls in love with Ferdinand Prospero - former Duke of Milan Ariel - Prospero's familiar spirit, freed by Prospero after being trapped in a tree by Sycorax Sycorax - a witch who trapped Ariel in a tree, now dead Caliban - Prospero's servant, son of Sycorax. Proposes to kill Prospero and make Stephano king of the island SUMMARY Act I, Scene I- on a boa

THEMES/STYLE Nature imagery Sonnet 64: When I have seen the hungry ocean gain Advantage on the kingdom of the shore Woman as better than nature Sonnet 18:  Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate Self-referential poetry Sonnet 18 So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Sonnet 19  Yet, do thy worst old Time: despite thy wrong, My love shall in my verse ever live young. Sonnet 24 My body is the frame wherein 'tis held, And perspective it is best painter's art. Sonnet 76: So all my best is dressing old words new, Spending again what is already spent Men as ruling nature Sonnet 19 But I forbid thee one most heinous crime: O! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow Woman created by nature (surpassing god) Sonnet 19 A woman's face with nature's own hand painted Gender as ambiguous Sonnet 20 A woman's face with