Zachary Moore Professor Jo Scott-Coe Images of Women in Literature 16‚ March 2012 Poem of Sappho Then I said to the elegant ladies: “How you will remember when you are old the glorious things we did in our youth! We did many pure and beautiful things. Now that you are leaving the city love’s sharp pain encircles my heart.” The poem above is one of the many poems of the famous Greek poet Sappho. Although many of Sappho’s writings were publicly burned in the cities of Rome and Constantinople
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strategy employed by readers to enhance their understanding of a text. Intertextuality involves recognising similarities between texts and then using your understanding developed from the previous text to develop a reading for sequential texts. “Burning Sappho” and “Prize Giving” by Gwen Harwood‚ The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Macbeth by William Shakespeare‚ have all been constructed to explore gender roles within society. It is this similarity between these texts that allowed me to apply intertextuality
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and some say ships are the most beautiful things on this black earth‚ but I say it is whatever you love." Sappho obviously thought that beauty was something to be sought out‚ and she states here that love is the most beautiful thing of all. Sappho’s love is about beauty‚ desire‚ and sacrifice. She speaks of epic loves‚ gods and goddesses‚ and her own feelings. Throughout her poetry Sappho continues a theme of love and beauty. She clearly deems love to be just as‚ if not more‚ important than courage
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“equal to gods” (Sappho 1)‚ he “puts the heart in my chest on wings” (Sappho 6)‚ he makes “fire racing under skin and in eyes no sight and drumming fills ears” (Sappho 10-12). My take on this poem is that she met this man‚ and after a short time together‚ she wants a relationship with him‚ whether it is short term or long term. This poem strikes me as more about sex than actual love because on the last line‚ she says “But all is to be dared‚ because even a person on poverty” (Sappho 17). This is the
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Greek Writing Sappho‚ Aeschylus and Homer are Greek authors that discuss the role of women in Greek Society. Women hold traditional Greek roles in society taking on the role as wife and mother. These roles are generally viewed as subordinate roles to men in Greek times. This can be seen through the poetry of Sappho. It can be argued that women also hold very powerful negative or positive roles in Greek society. This can be seen in the works of Aeychlus and Homer. Sappho is a poet who portrays
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twenty- four‚ five are women. It is interesting to note that in today’s society‚ there are almost twice as many female teachers as males. These women who we have discussed in class has had an impact which have given females this pathway into education. Sappho was the first woman we were introduced to within this course during the Ancient Greece period. The second woman‚ Mary Wollstonecraft was introduced to us during the topic of the enlightenment. These two individuals began the start of women’s involvement
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new ways. During the 1960’s‚ a wave of feminism swept across Australian society‚ challenging the dominant patriarchal ideologies of the time. Gwen Harwood’s poems ‘Burning Sappho’ and ‘Suburban Sonnet’ are two texts that challenge the dominant image of the happy‚ gentle‚ but ultimately subservient housewife. Instead‚ ‘Burning Sappho’ is powerful in constructing the mother as violent to reject the restraints placed on her by society‚ whilst Suburban Sonnet addresses the mental impact of the female gender’s
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characterized in many different ways throughout the ages‚ the fundamental idea remains constant. No matter the eccentric personalities love is entitled to‚ love is what it is. From a literary point of view‚ whether one reads the tender longing of Sappho‚ the unattainable desire of Petrarch‚ or the whimsical prose of Dickenson‚ the message of love-- despite its myriad of forms--remains the same. The concept of love particular to the piece of writing is equally a study of psychology‚ sociology and
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different flowers like rosebud‚ dill and crocus could represent binding love‚ which shows that the person really values her loved one. But among these‚ noticeably that the title and the first line of the poem is a mystery. What could be that one word Sappho ’s talking about? What could be the word she didn ’t receive? I guess that one word could be GOODBYE. Why?
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