Following the ideas of Luther‚ the Christian church split for good which had a great effect on all of Europe that is still seen to this day. Many branches of the Protestant movement based their idea of humanists. The first known humanist was Francesco Petrarch‚ who lived from 1304-1374. He believed in the education of people through the literature and classics of the Ancient Greeks and the Romans. He admired Greek philosophy and Roman political ideas (McKay 378). Christian humanists later reformed his
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Humanities 303 Course 1 Project Yolanda Revels Professor Davina Dandridge September 16‚ 2014 I. Introduction of the Dark Ages The dark ages is this tumultuous era‚ when no one actually really knows exactly what happened and really would not like to consider it dark although that was time of the fall of Rome‚ where through the eventual light of progress revealed at the dawn of the middle Ages‚ It was a lot going on an implied judgment being that in that particular period in European history from about
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Sonnet 130: Imperfectly Perfect The secular world is increasingly fixated on the concept of beauty and the pursuit of perfection‚ however this preoccupation is not unique to the 20th century. While traditional love poems in the 18th century generally focused on glorifying a woman’s beauty‚ Sonnet 130 written by William Shakespeare goes against the conventional culture of love poems and instead describes the realistic nature of his object of affection. In Sonnet 130‚ the idea of love and is intensely
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The Contrasting Characters: The Monk and The Clerk of Oxford The Monk and the Clerk are two characters lying in opposite extremities. What one person lacks‚ the other has gained in abundance. This essay will explore the major differences between the Clerk and Monk in the Canterbury Tales; its focus mainly pointed to physical descriptions‚ differences in personality and the underlying themes in their tales of sacrifice and
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It involves the usage of humanitarian values‚ ideals‚ etc‚ and shows how experiences shape the understanding of our world. The history of Humanities can be traced back to as early as 1600 BCE and was even rediscovered by an Italian intellect‚ Petrarch‚ born in 1304. He is known as the “Father of Humanism” and had created countless number of works‚ from literature to philosophy. In his speech he summarises humanities as consisting arts that has relation to our own humane existence‚ and that all
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Question 1 The Rhyme scheme of this poem is: a‚b‚a‚b‚c‚d‚c‚d‚e‚f‚e‚f‚g‚g Question 2 The tone of this poem seems to be contradictory‚ ironic and satirical and it seems like the poet is almost mocking someone it also seems to have a sort of humorous tone. For instance where one would expect a man to praise and compliment his lady‚ Shakespeare is doing the exact opposite. Eg: * "My mistress’ eyes look nothing like the sun;" The sun is bright and could resemble life and happiness but he
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“Fishhawk” Anonymous Zhou Dynasty General Idea: The narrator spies a maiden at the stream picking watercress. While he longs for her as he observes her and tries to gain her attention. The speaker is longing for the “ideal” woman‚ not only beauty‚ but in the manners expected of her at that time: “Gentle maiden‚ pure and fair.” Yet in his longing‚ he keeps his distance as propriety demands. Structurally‚ this poem has both the assonance and alliteration of a lyric poem. For example‚ “Watercress
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English literature Medieval Drama The variety of Dramatic forms of medieval drama Form classical Greek times‚ and in many other cultures‚ theatre has maintained strong religious connections. The origins of English theatre are religious too. 1- Forms of Medieval drama: The first forms of medieval drama are related to Religious form‚ i.e. all related to different festivals mass and holidays. It was prominent during Easter and Christmas. For instance‚ Tropes is a dramatic performance‚ in
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his complete blindness by the age of 44. The theme of the sonnet is acceptance and submission to the will of a wise and loving God. Additionally‚ “The sonnet is a highly structured form of lyric poetry with different specifications for the Italian (Petrarch an) sonnet and for the English (Shakespearean) sonnet” (Clugston‚ 2010). According to the author of this text‚ sonnet is defined as “A lyric poem with 14 lines. The Italian sonnet and the English
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Germany The Spanish king Ferdinand and his queen Isabella tried at first to protect the Jewish families from the inquisitions due to their economical contribution‚ considering they were the continents money leaders. However‚ that immunity could not maintain for long‚ as the church had swayed the commoners that the plague was because of their sins and that of the non-Catholics. Moreover‚ Jewish families were forced to confess their alleged involvement in the outbreak or face execution. To escape
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