Honors English 2120 Love in British Literature 08 23 2010 ANTHONY AND CLEOPATRA far more complicated than Romeo and Juliet age obligations Antony is married political lives General and Queen respectively emphasis on comparisons between Egypt and Rome duty vs desire room for the heart in Egypt as opposed to Rome masculine in Rome vs feminine in Egypt caught in between both worlds Roman ideals and values appreciates and understands Egypt its culture and values Antony 08 25 2010 Cleopatra uses men to gain power somewhat obsessive about keeping Antony very insecure uses sexual diplomacy doesn t fit the mold of what women were supposed to be not submissive a female in a previously all male profession is she bold and gutsy or a typical spoiled ruler very unrestrained emotional and passionate somewhat an equality of power between Antony and Cleopatra superiority goes back and forth Anthony is not only in love with Cleopatra but also the way of life that she embodies somewhat of a split personality between his actions personality in Egypt and his actions personality in Rome questioned who he was when he met Cleopatra 08 30 2010 Antony as a tragic hero characteristics tragic flaw or mistake noble birth must have a long way to fall reversal of fortune why after shunning Roman ideals and ways of life did she die in the Roman way by committing suicide anagnorises an acknowledgement of flaw mistake moment of realization or recognition upholds the Roman ideal of honorable death commits suicide Cleopatra s death perhaps wanted to emulate Antony s death both commit suicide in traditional masculine and feminine ways both insist on the transcendence of death references to their being married in the afterlife proof of their love in their mutual suicide 09 01 2010 differences in poetry vs prose length poetry may not follow grammatical rules meter vs syntax differences in language use meaning sound poetry has a specific structure lines compression concentration scansion how we determine a poems meter and rhythm syllabus stresses English poetry is a mix of stresses and syllables counting in order to determine a poem s scansion one must determine the kind of foot iamb ic trochee aic spondee anapest ic unstressed stressed stressed unstressed stressed stressed unstressed unstressed stressed dominant in limericks stressed unstressed unstressed dactyl ic number of feet per line one two monometer dimeter three four five six eight trimeter tetrameter pentameter hectameter octameter ONE DAY I WROTE HER NAME UPON THE STRAND written by Edmund Spenser iambic pentameter sonnet 14 lines of iambic pentameter two types Italian English abba abba cde cde cd cd cd abab cdcd efef gg a turn or shift in the meaning in English sonnets the turn comes before the couplet in Italian sonnets the turn comes before the sestet 09 03 2010 THE PASSIONATE SHEPARD TO HIS LOVE a seduction poem offers his love a life filled with romance and no worries never says I just love you offers material gifts however gifts are made from things found in nature beautiful and sensual iambic tetrameter consonance and alliteration HER REPLY reference to Philomel creates a darker mood potentially dark and bad consequences for females are all these gifts substantial enough to have an actual life there s a part of her that wants to say yes SHALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER S DAY it is this poem that preserves her beauty throughout the years ELEGY ON HIS MISTRESS GOING TO BED can be a poem of mourning or love poem begins with his mistress undressing piece by piece 09 13 2010 THE WAY OF THE WORLD contemporary play satirical exchanges between characters are quick and witty satirizations marriage gossip relationships character names reflective of the characters personality or position Petulant Lady Wishfort Wish For It Fainall fake Mirabell feminine Millamant masculine easily switched with Mirabell and m names show that they belong together Fainall and Ms Fainall arranged marriage by Mirabell Mirabell and Fainall had an affair she thought she was pregnant and therefore needed a husband don t like each other Fainall is having an affair with Ms Marwood Ms Marwood loves Mirabell but he won t give her the time of day aunt of Millamant and mother of Ms Fainall Mirabell pretended to be in love with her to get closer to Millamant Lady Wishfort plots Mirabell s servant Waitwell is pretending to be his uncle Roland they will get Lady Wishfort to sign a marriage contract thus shaming her for being married to a servant already married man Mirabell will step in and say I can help you if you let me marry Millamant Ms Fainall knows Ms Marwood overhears the plan Millamant knows Foible knows love full of deception the relationship between Millamant and Mirabell stands out they love each other despite their faults and differences want to marry but in a way that preserves her inheritance Mirabell has tried to stop loving her but that only makes him love her more loves her for her faults almost to the point where he loves her faults 09 15 2010 who is the hero in this play admirable qualities in Restoration comedy wit intelligence culture inconsistent with what we would consider good heroic qualities Congreve is much kinder in his play especially concerning Mirabell and Millamant Mirabell is the hero because he has outwitted everybody Sir Willful is a bumbling idiot and would not be a good match for Millamant as Mirabell is sources of amusement old people country people a kind of cruelty in Restoration comedy Mirabell and Millamant fit well together good matches play off of each other can keep up with each other Millamant s demands Mirabell s demands Millamant is serious in her demands wants her own space wants to preserve her individual identity not having him call her nicknames Mirabell asks her to remain herself and remain authentic no masks literal or metaphorical no restraints literal or metaphorical cosmetics etc corsets etc 09 17 2010 PRIDE AND PREJUDICE opening line so famous why summarizes the entire book basically from Mrs Bennet s view ironic exaggeration sets the tone introduces the society in which the novel is set early chapters exposition oriented around marriage class oriented ladder climbing the Bennet family family dynamic Mr and Mrs Bennet seem to get along Mr Bennet has found ways of dealing with the women in his life a philosopher detaches himself from the world and observes prefers Lizzy because she can keep up with him Mr Bennet does not truly love his