Shakespeare was an english poet‚ playwright‚ and actor. One of shakespeare’s most famous plays is a tragedy called Macbeth. The play follows the life of an ambitious couple in Scotland. The main characters Macbeth and Lady Macbeth use their ambition and determination to take power in Scotland‚ by killing King Duncan. Lady Macbeth is the main influencer when Macbeth commits the murder of King Duncan. Macbeth‚ a weak character‚ is able to be convinced by Lady Macbeth to kill Duncan. Her encouragement
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From my LP class days‚ I have heard of Tagore. The loud speaker from the local church used to play songs took from this great book in the early morning. I used to tell the story of ‘golden grain of corn’. Recently‚ I was reading Kahlil Gibran and saw that his books are ‘inspired’ by Tagore. I thought‚ ‘enough is enough…here I am determined to read ‘Gitanjali’ first‚ before reading its further ‘inspirations’. And the travel was beautiful! Tagore was born in a very Rich family but he was a child
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In spite of an expression of defeat‚ what is the predominant emotional tone of the poem? O wild West Wind‚ thou breath of Autumn’s being‚ Thou‚ from whose unseen presence the leaves dead Are driven‚ like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing‚ Yellow‚ and black‚ and pale‚ and hectic red‚ Pestilence-stricken multitudes: O thou Who chariotest to their dark wintry bed The winged seeds‚ where they lie cold and low‚ Each like a corpse within its grave‚ until Thine azure sister of the
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Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms‚ she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness‚ and a smile And eloquence of beauty‚ and she glides Into his darker musings‚ with a mild And gentle sympathy‚ that steals away Their sharpness‚ ere he is aware. When thoughts Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit‚ and sad images Of the stern agony‚ and shroud‚ and pall
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Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Of Great Place [pic][pic]MEN in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state; servants of fame; and servants of business. So as they have no freedom; neither in their persons‚ nor in their actions‚ nor in their times. It is a strange desire‚ to seek power and to lose liberty: or to seek power over others‚ and to lose power over a man’s self. The rising unto place is laborious; and by pains‚ men come to greater pains; and it is sometimes base;
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To Henry St. John‚ Lord Bolingbroke Awake‚ my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition‚ and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o’er all this scene of man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A wild‚ where weeds and flow’rs promiscuous shoot; Or garden‚ tempting with forbidden fruit. Together let us beat this ample field‚ Try what the open‚ what the covert yield; The latent
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My Last Farewell (Mi Ultimo Adios) Farewell‚ dear fatherland‚ clime the sun caress’d‚ Peal of the Orient seas‚ our Eden lost! Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life’s best‚ And were it brighter‚ fresher‚ or more blest‚ Still would I give three‚ not count the cost. On the field of battle‚ ‘mid the frenzy of fight‚ Others have given their lives‚ without doubt or beed; The place not matters—cypress or laurel or lily white‚ Scafold or open plain‚ combat or martyrdom’s plight‚ ‘Tis
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Give thy thoughts no tongue‚ Nor any unproportion’d thought his act. Be thou familiar‚ but by no means vulgar. Those friends thou hast‚ and their adoption tried‚ Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch’d‚ unfledg’d comrade. Beware Of entrance to a quarrel; but‚ being in‚ Bear’t that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear‚ but few thy voice: Take each man’s censure‚ but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy
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Character Analysis Lady Macbeth can be said to be one of Shakespeare’s most famous and frightening female characters. She fulfills her role among the nobility and is well respected‚ like Macbeth. She is loving‚ yet very determined that her husband will be king. At the beginning of the play‚ when she is first seen‚ she is already plotting the murder of Duncan‚ showing more strength‚ ruthlessness‚ and ambition than Macbeth. She lusts after power and position and then pressures her husband into
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Compare the visual and document below‚ and summarize in writing the ways in which they reflect the values of the Renaissance. From: Oration on the Dignity of Man written by Pico Della Mirandola "I have set thee‚" say the Creator to Adam‚ "in the midst of the world‚ that thou mayst the more easily behold and see all that is therein. I created thee a being neither heavenly nor earthly‚ neither mortal nor immortal only‚ that thou mightest be free to shape and to overcome thyself. Thou mayst sink
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