Why Is Lord Byron Called Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know
Exam 2
Lord Byron was called “mad, bad and dangerous to know.” What evidence of this do we see from his poems and the biography you watched?
The statement that Byron was ''mad, bad and dangerous to know'' came from Lady Caroline Lamb following their initial gathering, when the publication of ''Childe Harold'' made him the social and scholarly young man of London. Lord Byron was seen as mad, bad and dangerous because he was very promiscuous; he was a big party animal and was very wealthy. All three of the above made Lord Byron into this dangerous but beloved poet. Lord Byron had extremely good looks which casted a spell over both women and men and that’s where all the fun began.
To begin with, Lord Byron wasn’t a wealthy young boy until he inherited …show more content…
My mind automatically goes back into the times when women could speak their minds but their thoughts and ideas were molded by men, they also had more rights but not as many rights as many thought. The women during the Renaissance era were supposed to be seen but not heard and they were controlled by their parents until they were married then they belonged to their husbands thereafter. Regardless of the class you were in you can only express yourself to a certain extent and once you were married you were devoted to your husband. William Shakespeare’s plays were based off the Renaissance era, and one of his major pieces was …show more content…
She was of royalty but she had a dark side to her that many women of the Renaissance were not raised to have. Gertrude was once a dedicated wife then overnight turned into the total opposite. Gertrude fell in love with politics as well as her son’s uncle Claudius and got married. Women of that era did not get involved with politics and did not find their way into incest or infidelity at that. Women were to be seen but not heard and if they were heard once again it wasn’t often. As we previously mentioned the women of that era were devoted to their husbands and didn’t want anyone else especially not another male being that was part of their
Lord Byron was called “mad, bad and dangerous to know.” What evidence of this do we see from his poems and the biography you watched?
The statement that Byron was ''mad, bad and dangerous to know'' came from Lady Caroline Lamb following their initial gathering, when the publication of ''Childe Harold'' made him the social and scholarly young man of London. Lord Byron was seen as mad, bad and dangerous because he was very promiscuous; he was a big party animal and was very wealthy. All three of the above made Lord Byron into this dangerous but beloved poet. Lord Byron had extremely good looks which casted a spell over both women and men and that’s where all the fun began.
To begin with, Lord Byron wasn’t a wealthy young boy until he inherited …show more content…
My mind automatically goes back into the times when women could speak their minds but their thoughts and ideas were molded by men, they also had more rights but not as many rights as many thought. The women during the Renaissance era were supposed to be seen but not heard and they were controlled by their parents until they were married then they belonged to their husbands thereafter. Regardless of the class you were in you can only express yourself to a certain extent and once you were married you were devoted to your husband. William Shakespeare’s plays were based off the Renaissance era, and one of his major pieces was …show more content…
She was of royalty but she had a dark side to her that many women of the Renaissance were not raised to have. Gertrude was once a dedicated wife then overnight turned into the total opposite. Gertrude fell in love with politics as well as her son’s uncle Claudius and got married. Women of that era did not get involved with politics and did not find their way into incest or infidelity at that. Women were to be seen but not heard and if they were heard once again it wasn’t often. As we previously mentioned the women of that era were devoted to their husbands and didn’t want anyone else especially not another male being that was part of their