Possible Essay Questions: 1. Consider the imagery used in Shakespeare’s assigned sonnets‚ Herrick’s “To the Virgins‚” and Marvell’s “To His Coy Mistress.” Although their images differ‚ what do all these poets seem to be saying about time? Be specific when referring to the poems. The imagery is very different‚ but all of the poems and poets seem to be saying time is important in life. In Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 he says‚ “And every fair from fair sometime declines‚” when explaining the inevitable
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A Mercy by Toni Morrison Synopsis Florens‚ a slave girl‚ lives and works on Jacob Vaark’s rural New York farm. Lina‚ a Native American and fellow labourer on the Vaark farm‚ is one of a handful of survivors of a smallpox plague that destroyed her tribe. Rebekkah arrives on a ship from England to be married to Vaark‚ a man she has never seen. The voices of these characters bereft of their roots and struggling to survive in a new and alien environment filled with danger and disease form A Mercy
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Robinson Crusoe‚ colonizer or pioneer of change? Defoe ’s novel Robinson Crusoe stormed the world with a spirit of adventure new to its era‚ quickly becoming a classic piece of European literature that even today grasps the attention of both young and old. The tale‚ as told by a shipwrecked man on his own on an isolated island‚ allows us to vicariously experience an excitement and discovery that almost does not exist in our modern world‚ and is surely a large factor in the novel ’s popularity
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representation of a sexually unfulfilled woman emerges with Aphra Behn ’s "The Disappointment‚" in which a young virgin ’s first sexual encounter ends without ever having begun. This particular poem differentiates itself from the rest‚ for no other poet communicates the female perspective of dissatisfaction first-handedly. Considering these poems within the context of each
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Gender studies‚ Elin Diamond is well versed in the connection between feminist theory and the links between the theatre of today and that of the seventeenth century. Her peer reviewed essay‚ Gestus and Signature in Aphra Behn’s the Rover‚ is a frank analysis of the methods Aphra Behn used in her plays to reveal the truth of her the societal rules that governed her demographic. Mainly what is discussed is the use of gestus and imagery to invoke the image of a woman as a material to be traded as commodity
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Feminist Theory in The Rover The Rover is a play written by Aphra Behn in 1677 which takes place in Naples during the time of Carnival in the 1650’s. It was a time of the Banish’d Cavaliers which is also the alternate title of the play. In this paper‚ I will prove that this play is a feminist text as per the definitions set forth by Peter Barry in Beginning Theory. Barry states that in order to apply Feminist Theory to a text‚ there are several steps a feminist critic must follow. (Barry 128)
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Holly Hammond Ms. Hicks English 1102 29 September 2014 Different Relationships Aphra Behn shows us that our conventional idea of love can sometimes be flawed in her poem “On Her Loving Two Equally.” Loving two people simultaneously is possible because we love our parents equally. What this poem says about love might make more sense and seem less strange if we think of other nonromantic kinds of love‚ like the love we share with our parents. When I look closely at this poem I believe it may mean a
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2. What do you know about slavery in the antebellum United States‚ and how does it compare to slavery as discussed in "Oroonoko?" Use examples from the text to make your comparisons. The Antebellum Period The Antebellum Period in American history is generally considered to be the period before the civil war and after the War of 1812‚ although some historians expand it to all the years from the adoption of the Constitution in 1789 to the beginning of the Civil War. Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation
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Oroonoko is an African prince who befriends Alpha Behn. Oroonoko is a hero because he is Eupopean-like. “He was pretty tall‚ but of a shape the most exact that can be fancied; the most famous statuary could not form the figure of a man more admirably turned from head to foot. His face was not of that brown‚ rusty black which most of that nation are‚ but a perfect ebony‚ or polished jet. . .His nose was rising and Roman‚ instead of African and flat.” Alpha Behn alos‚ says that Oroonoko is a
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for the sake of happiness (Behn 720-722; act 5). Then all the other characters begin to celebrate and everything seems to be just fine. However‚ what if the ending seems a bit rushed? A couple of events before this sort of memory wipe of all the other past
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