...Compare and Contrast Essay: “Story of an Hour” and “To My Dear and Loving Husband” Thesis: In the short story, “Story of an Hour” by Mary Chopin and the poem “To my Dear and Loving Husband”, by Anne Bradstreet both authors reveal how each of their female characters feel about their husband and how each feelings are expressed differently I. Both women are treated differently by their husbands. A. In the “Story of an Hour”, the central character, Louise Mallard, feels locked in her marriage. B. In “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, the author Anne feels safe and secure in her marriage. II. Both women express different feelings about their mates. A. In “Story of an Hour”, Louise feels that it is not enough that her husband loves her. B. In “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, Anne values her relationship with her husband more than anything. III. Both authors use literary concepts to make their writings easier to understand. A. In “Story of an Hour”, the line free, free, free tells us that Louise feels free after learning of her husband’s death. B. In “To My Dear and Loving Husband”, the line I prize thy love more than mines of gold tells us that she values their love very much. A WOMAN’S LOVE FOR A MAN As every woman is an individual with distinct characteristics so too will her feelings towards her husband are uniquely expressed. There are husbands who try to control their wives so much that the woman cannot freely follow does their own will. Then there are...
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...4:7-12 taught the Ephesians important truth about the love of God while also confirming that Jesus did come to the earth in the flesh. John knew that the Ephesians could not be true Christians unless they fully believed that Jesus died and rose again in the flesh. John’s message within 1 John 4:7-12 is Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross is significant in that it shows the true nature of the love of God and the people of Ephesus must follow this example in order to live within the true will of God. The word...
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...Analysis of a Poem Anne Bradstreet: “To my Dear and Loving Husband” The poem “To my Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet is about love, precisely as it relates to the title – the speaker’s affection and deep true love for her husband. Throughout the poem, the speaker uses strong imagery and figurative language to describe the strength and power of her love which is unusual given the nature of the speaker who identifies herself as a devout Puritan. The speaker was living in her own world of love and nothing matters much more than her husband. The poem does not reflect at all the speaker’s Puritan values, which entails the implication that the speaker might not practice her Puritanism faithfully. Puritans were allowed to love one another provided that their love advocated purity and Christianity. The poem illustrates the first person point of view: that of the lyric “I”, who is closely involved in the feelings developed in the poem. The speaker adopted the tone of a young lover expressing her affection and devotion for her husband, the principal subject. The speaker also tries to make the reader feel her own feelings. The tone remained focused on the loving, caring attitude and throughout the poem; the description of the love felt intensifies, becoming boastful at times: “If ever wife was happy in a man...
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...As Socrates points out, people can love quail and wine and other objects, but one would be delusional to think that they were loved in return by those objects. Befriending invests value into a person or an object, making it dear to one, but it does not of necessity follow that the one befriended will befriend the befriender in return. Even with that being said, however, a prerequisite of making something dear is the causal grounds upon which a person finds something attractive. Unless there is something present in the object or the befriended which the befriender finds attractive in the first place, there would be no motivation for the person to befriend that person or object in the first place. This leads to the belief that Socrates is pointing out that while there may be a common basis upon which love is constructed, this does not deny outright the thought of love being reciprocal, but only to deny that all love is reciprocal. In other words, the basis of love is not...
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...Anh Qui Pham 02/23/2015 Oxford, England February 2, 1918 Dear Daisy, my darling! Last night, I couldn’t sleep and stood outside the soldier crew tent staring intently at the infinite flickering stars, holding in my hand the letter telling that you are going to marry Tom Buchanan. For a moment, I was stunned. I can’t believe that it’s true, but my dear, I understand why you may doubt my love for you. It was such a long time ago that we were last together. Because I had to leave for the World War 1 in 1917 and operated so many places, we lost contact with each other. You may think that I forget you, but my love, every minute we have been apart, I have felt like an incomplete man; I miss you so much. No words can express how much I love you. I think of you day and night, night and day, even in my dream I still see you. Every night, I star at the star and imagine that you’re here with me, dreaming of our future that is as bright as those stars. But last night, those stars seem vague as the tears blur my eyes. I though that everything was going perfectly between us, and no one could get in between you and me, but Tom has ruined everything in a hurry. I believe that your family has forced you to marry him for his money, but true love means more than some lousy money. Nothing can compare to our love. Money can’t bring you true happiness; it only lasts for a while and I think you know that. Daisy, you are the only one for me, and I can’t afford to lose you so easily. Please don’t...
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...Dear God, Will You Ever Give Me the Man of My Prayers? On April 23, 2007, I wrote the following in my beloved journal: Dear God, I want a Christian home. I want to raise a Christian family. One that goes to church on Sundays, is involved with the church, and prays together at night. I want a husband. I want a spiritual leader. [pic] Lord, will this ever be true for me? I want that man who prays for me, and I pray for him. I want a man that prays with me. I want a man that takes everyone to church on Sundays. Who’s involved with the kids at church. Who smiles because he’s drunk in love with YOU! Who relies on You. [pic] Lord, will this ever be true for me? I want a man who is unconditional in his ways (love, gifts, kindness, helping hand). Who doesn’t expect things in return – EVER. Who accepts the world as it is and doesn’t let it affect his walk with You. I want a man who wants to change the world. Lord, will this ever be true for me? [pic] I want a man that knows You!!! I want a man that will accept Your blessings even the small ones. A man that makes me feel like he can make a mountain out of a mole hill even if there is no dirt or rock to make one with. I want a man that is positive and understanding. A man that makes me push to be a better person. A man excited about life and looks forward to life after death. A man that has a spot in heaven and will help me in my spiritual journey. Because that’s what life is … a journey of...
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...Cole Porter ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form Content * Cole Porter-"So in Love" Answer these questions about the lyrics below. SO IN LOVE Strange, dear, but true, dear, When I’m close to you dear, The stars fill the sky, So in love with you am I. Even without you My arms fold about you. You know, darling, why, So in love with you am I. In love with the night mysterious The night when you first were there, In love with my joy delirious When I knew that you could care. So taunt me and hurt me, Deceive me, desert me, I’m yours ‘til I die, So in love, So in love, So in love with you, my love, am I. 1. What is the song about? 2. Identify at least one internal rhyme? 3. Is this a love that will last? * Cole Porter Biography * Cole Porter PBS “Night and Day,” “I Get A Kick Out of You,” “You’re the Top,” “Begin the Beguine,” “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” — some of the cleverest, funniest, and most romantic songs ever written came from the pen of Cole Porter. He was unmatched as a tunesmith, and his Broadway musicals — from “Kiss Me Kate” and “Anything Goes” to “Silk Stockings” and “Can Can” — set the standards of style and wit to which today’s composers and lyricists aspire. * Cole Porter audio & Video Cole Albert Porter (June 9, 1891 – October 15, 1964) was an American composer and songwriter from Indiana. His works include the musical comedies Kiss Me, Kate (1948) (based on Shakespeare’s...
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...Dear Leonato, As you’ve probably heard, I’m travelling back to Messina with Don Pedro. I have to admit, I’m rather nervous about it. I never told you this before but I feel the time has come: I love Beatrice. I ask for your discretion in this matter for it is a very sensitive thing. She is the only person I’ve ever loved and nobody else knows. I’ve conquered many men in battle, even just over these past few weeks, yet I cannot seem to handle Beatrice. Her sharp tongue has cut me far deeper than any sword ever could and still, she is always in my mind. The battle I have just struggled through didn’t end me, but Beatrice’s words certainly will; the double edged sword that will cut me down where no other blade could, for I can’t help but love her more for her wit. She is very special, as you know. Have I ever told you about the first time I met Beatrice? It must have been two years ago, I was in Messina to see an uncle of mine, I hadn’t thought I would be there long enough to fall in love. It’s strange, how quickly that can happen. I was in the market haggling for some bread. I suppose I didn’t really need to haggle, I had the money; I just loved working the men on the stalls down. As soon as I saw Beatrice in the market and heard that she too was haggling with the stall owners, I knew she was something different; something special. I wanted to impress her so I flounced over and introduced myself with such grandeur. My first mistake, obviously. From that moment on she seemed...
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...“To my Dear and loving Husband” Poetry Explication The poem “To my Dear and loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet is a heart felt expression of a wife’s marital unconditional love and commitment to her husband. Indirectly, it is also about a puritan woman, who is supposed to be reserved, conveying a message of ever-lasting love and devotion to her husband through vivid imagery and emotions. By reading the poem it seems to be directed to an audience consisting of people who are in love and a person who cherishes their partner’s love. “To my Dear and loving Husband” is classified as a lyrical poem written in couplet form which means in each of the two adjacent lines, it is poetry that rhymes. For example: in the beginning, “If ever two were one, then surely we, If ever man were lov’d by wife, then thee;” (1-2) each line ends with a rhyme – we and thee. “To my Dear and loving Husband” is written in iambic pentameter that makes you read the poem with an obvious rhythm. The couplet form is AABBCCDD and so on making the lines come in rhyming pairs. The poem supports the rhythm with the masculine rhymes using the repetition in the final sounds in every last syllable. The poem consists of monosyllabic words such as we, thee, man, can, gold, hold, and pray. When reading the poem out loud the reader will notice there are many open vowel sounds and soft consonants, which adds to the sincere tone and gives the poem a sense of overall simple, unaffected speech. The beginning...
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...Week Three Euthyphro Plato What is the definition of pity? What is the definition of holiness? All individuals have their own way of thinking and views. What one may think of holy and pity another may not. What will be discussed in this paper is the concept of holiness emerges in the dialogue and why it takes a prominent position in the conversation between Socrates and Euthyphro, the three definitions that Euthyphro uses in his response to Socrates, Formulate your own argument as to what you think Socrates’s goal is in this dialogue. And finally a definition of my own of piety/ and holiness. There are several times that holiness has emerged throughout the dialogue. In the dialogue Socrates and Euthyphro are speaking of Euthyphro father being charged with murder than they began to speak of holiness and the knowledge of religion. Socrates states in the dialogue “Euthyphro! And is your knowledge of religion and of things pious and impious so very exact, that, supposing the circumstances to be as you state them, you are not afraid lest you too may be doing an impious thing in bringing an action against your father”( Socrates, 2010)? Holiness takes prominent position in the conversation between the Socrates and Euthyphro because Euthyphro wants to get his father in trouble for the murder and the conversation about holiness arises. The main problem is what are holy and the definition. No matter what one may believe in, one should still have faith, believe and follow the GODs...
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...pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; [I Predict A Riot – The Kaiser Chiefs] Enter PRINCE, with Attendants PRINCE Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word, By thee, old Capulet, and Montague, Have thrice disturb'd the quiet of our streets, If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace. Enter ROMEO BENVOLIO Good-morrow, cousin, Romeo ROMEO Is the day so young? BENVOLIO What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours? ROMEO I am in love But sadly it is unrequited. BENVOLIO For whom do you carry this heavy burden? ROMEO For Rosaline, none so beautiful as that wondrous swan BENVOLIO Then let us seek love anew At tomorrow’s feast of Capulet's Compare her face with some that I shall show, And I will make thee think thy swan a crow. [Exeuntsonae ] SCENE II. A hall in Capulet's house. CAPULET You are welcome, gentlemen! come, musicians, play. A hall, a hall! give room! and foot it, girls. [17 Reasons music plays, and they dance] [Enter Romeo & Benvolio] ROMEO What lady is that, which doth enrich the hand Of yonder knight? SERVANT I know not...
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...Euthyphro By Plato（Written 380 B.C.E） Euthyphro. Why have you left the Lyceum, Socrates? and what are you doing in the Porch of the King Archon? Surely you cannot be concerned in a suit before the King, like myself? Socrates. Not in a suit, Euthyphro; impeachment is the word which the Athenians use. Euth. What! I suppose that some one has been prosecuting you, for I cannot believe that you are the prosecutor of another. Soc. Certainly not. Euth. Then some one else has been prosecuting you? Soc. Yes. Euth. And who is he? Soc. A young man who is little known, Euthyphro; and I hardly know him: his name is Meletus, and he is of the deme of Pitthis. Perhaps you may remember his appearance; he has a beak, and long straight hair, and a beard which is ill grown. Euth. No, I do not remember him, Socrates. But what is the charge which he brings against you? Soc. What is the charge? Well, a very serious charge, which shows a good deal of character in the young man, and for which he is certainly not to be despised. He says he knows how the youth are corrupted and who are their corruptors. I fancy that he must be a wise man, and seeing that I am the reverse of a wise man, he has found me out, and is going to accuse me of corrupting his young friends. And of this our mother the state is to be the judge. Of all our political men he is the only one who seems to me to begin in the right way, with the cultivation of virtue in youth; like a good husbandman...
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...that she missed catching it as it fell; and the ball bounded away, and rolled along on the ground, until at last it fell down into the spring. The princess looked into the spring after her ball, but it was very deep, so deep that she could not see the bottom of it. She began to cry, and said, 'Alas! if I could only get my ball again, I would give all my fine clothes and jewels, and everything that I have in the world.' Whilst she was speaking, a frog put its head out of the water, and said, 'Princess, why do you weep so bitterly?' 'Alas!' said she, 'what can you do for me, you nasty frog? My golden ball has fallen into the spring.' The frog said, 'I do not want your pearls, and jewels, and fine clothes; but if you will love me, and let me live with you and eat from off your golden plate, and sleep on your bed, I will bring you your ball again.' 'What nonsense,' thought the princess, 'this silly frog is talking! He can never even get out of the spring to visit me, though he may be able to get my ball for me, and therefore I will tell him he shall have what he asks.' So she said to the frog, 'Well, if you will bring me my ball, I will do all you ask.' Then the frog put his head down, and dived deep under the water; and after a little while he came up again, with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on the edge of the spring. As soon as the young princess saw her ball, she ran to pick...
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...THE SONNETS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Click here to jump to the Table of Contents COPYRIGHT © 1993 by Adobe Press, Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved. The actual sonnets of William Shakespeare are public domain. The design and electronic implementation of this book, however, are copyrighted. Reproduction of this electronic work beyond a personal use level, or the display of this work for public consumption or viewing requires prior permission from the publisher. This work is furnished for informational use only and should not be construed as a commitment of any kind by Adobe Systems Incorporated. Adobe Systems Incorporated assumes no responsibilities for any errors or inaccuracies that may appear in this work. The software and typefaces mentioned on this page are furnished under license and may only be used in accordance with the terms of such license. Adobe, the Adobe Press logo, Adobe Acrobat, and Adobe Photoshop are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions. This work is electronically mastered in Adobe™ Acrobat™. Text was composed in Minion, 13-point. Illustrations were scanned electronically then manipulated using Adobe Photoshop™. CONTENTS I II III IV Copyright How to Use This Book Introduction Numerical First-line Index Alphabetical First-line Index The Sonnets of William Shakespeare V VI Click any line to jump to that section HOW TO USE THIS BOOK • Click the Bookmarks and Page button...
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...considered to be the greatest playwright of all time due to his many great plays and his vast contribution to the English language. Some of his works include Hamlet, Othello, and the infamous Romeo and Juliet. Wrote in 1597, the tragic comedy tells the story of young Romeo and Juliet, who find themselves “in love at first sight”. Unfortunately for them, their love story goes awry when they learn their parents are mortal conflict between their parents, which ultimately caused their demise. Woven throughout the plot, many examples become present that show that the star-crossed lovers are not in love. It becomes clear Romeo and Juliet are merely infatuated with each other. The ill-fated couple focus only on each other’s physical appearances and are severely impulsive throughout the tragic story. “The play then impresses upon us the intensity of youthful love, at once joyful and desperate, while at the same time it shows us that the lovers themselves are obtuse to the consequences of their infatuation with each other, tragically innocent, despite their forebodings, of the dictum that "violent delights have violent ends"” (Bond 1). In the beginning of the play, Romeo professes his love for a girl named Rosaline. He claims what he is feeling is...
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