Essay Comparing The Seafarer And Wife's Lament

The Shipman’s Tale, one of the many tales in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tales, is exactly suited to the Shipman’s personality and profession as given in “The Prologue.” The shipman is described by Chaucer in the prologue as very sneaky, deceitful, and even pirate-like. The Shipman’s tale matches his personality and profession because The Shipman’s Tale is one of trickery and con. The monk in the tale tricks both the merchant and the merchant’s wife out of their money. He also uses his relationship with the merchant to his advantage, because he knows the merchant would never suspect him of having sex with his wife. The shipman is also portrayed in the prologue to have no sense of remorse or feelings of sorrow.

Anglo-Saxon literature often expressed concepts of survival, battle, exile, male dominance in society, and loyalty to the lord. These aspects are strongly represented in both “The Wanderer” and “The Wife’s Lament”. Both elegies deliver themes of self-exile and the mourning of lost companions. Ideas of longing and alienation are present in these two Anglo-Saxon poems through use of figurative language, structure, point of view, comparison, and various other literary techniques.

The article Desperation at Sea by Rebecca Zissou tells us about people trying to escape war, poverty and natural disaster. First, on April 17, 2015 Ali 70 other migrants were migrating to Europe and start anew life but thousands of of people died trying to cross to Europe. Secondly, people were snuggled into plastic boats and abandon them to protect them selfs. Then, some passengers get to stay in Europe permanently. After that they need to find a job and often fight for it. Finally, this book was about escaping from their homeland.

When isolated from society, loneliness becomes a part of you. In the poems, The Wife’s Lament translated by Ann Stanford and The Seafarer translated by Burton Raffel, are two similar and different poems. The characters in these poems handle their exiles in different ways. The way the two characters reflect from their exile is based off Anglo-Saxon values and beliefs. These poems compare and contrast the exile between men and women.

“The Wanderer,” is a Anglo-Saxon poem with a theme of exile. Exile in this poem comes to a man who has lost his lord and kinsmen in war. He was not exiled by punishment, but rather by a series of tragic events. The man is especially lonely with nobody to keep him company, no food, no shelter, and no protection. Not only is the lack of resources a struggle for the man, but he feels especially isolated with no one to tell his problems and sorrows to. The feeling of sadness becomes more and more unbearable as he continues to search far and wide for a new lord. He needs to find a new lord for his own protection. During Anglo- Saxon times, a man surviving on his own, without the protection of his lord, was very slim. His feeling of unhappiness, caused by the series of tragic events, results in

On April 14,1912 a great ship called the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. That night there were many warnings of icebergs from other ships. There seems to be a conflict on whether or not the warnings reached the bridge. We may never know the answer to this question. The greatest tragedy of all may be that there were not

What does it mean to be wise? Webster's Dictionary defines the word "wise" as being "marked by deep understanding, keen discerment". Through the telling of the ancient Mariner's tale, the Wedding-Guest became sadder and wiser. He became sad in that he identified himself with the shallow and self-absorbed mariner. However, the mariner changed his ways. The Wedding-Guest became wise through realizing that he himself needed to alter his ways.

There is much argument in the literary field as to whether there is more than one speaker in the Old English poem The Seafarer. In this brief essay we will look at some of the previous criticisms of the last two centuries, and through them attempt to prove that the speaker of the poem is the same one throughout.

    The literary technique of characterization is often used to create and delineate a human character in a work of literature. When forming a character, writers can use many different methods of characterization. However, there is one method of characterization that speaks volumes about the character and requires no more than a single word - the character's personal name. In many cases, a personal name describes the character by associating him with a certain type of people or with a well known historical figure. Therefore, since the reader learns the character's name first, a personal name is a primary method of characterization; it

In society, constructs of correctness have been formed on the basis of expected, gendered behavior. Individuals have traditional roles that they play which are based on the historical performance of their gender. Although very rigid, these traditional roles are frequently transferred, resulting in an altered and undefinable identity that exists beyond the boundaries of gender. These transgressions into the neuter role are characterized by a departure from the normal roles of society which, if successful, complete the gender transference and allow the individual to live within a new set of boundaries. The Female Marine, or the Adventures of Lucy Brewer is the

Ever since adolescence, I’ve always said “ I would never date or marry someone in the military.” Having stayed consistent, I was convinced that nothing could change my stance, but lone and behold I was wrong. Upon watching military movies or seeing military couples online I avoided the impact of becoming separated from my lover for months at a time, but it wasn’t enough to stop me from falling in love with the man of my dreams. Although us military wives are heavily criticized, i think it is important for people to know the sacrifices us women make so that our husbands can continue to keep our country safe.

During the period of 449-1485 A.D. or also known as the Medieval Period, life was very socially structured causing distinct social classes and terms of isolation. The Medieval period can also be known as the feudalistic period meaning if a person grew up as a peasant, they would always be a peasant and nothing higher or lower. In this feudalistic, Medieval period, three elegic, lyrical poems were translated and related to medieval life. These poems by unknown authors have the related theme of exile, but also differences such as individual themes of exile embedded within the overall theme. This sense of comparison and contrast between the poems is

The sea can symbolize a multitude of emotions; some believe the sea is a simple for loneliness and some believe it is a symbol of peacefulness. Many writers of used variations of these two things to fit the story they are writing.

Godden and Lapidge (180) suggest that “loss, suffering and morality” are all common tropes of vernacular poems thus the Lif is lane motif or life is transitory theme permeates old English poetry. Transience can be defined as the fact of nothing lasting forever or the instability of the world, whilst transcendence can be defined as one moving beyond or rising above. This essay will explore the themes of transience and transcendence in the battle poem Brunanbruh and the elegies The Wanderer and The Seafarer. The theme of transience can be seen in the poems when the speakers express their sadness and isolation due to their losses and long for the past. Whereas transcendence is evident as the speakers move beyond their losses and engage psychologically

There I was on the ship over to America we've been at sea for months now and the conditions aren't getting any better it's just terrible out here it's always raining and there's hardly any places to keep cover some of the men are so weak they just sit there and don't do anything. The food they give us is literally nothing there's people out there dying of starvation because of how little the quantities are its crucial. I've made some friends from theres months we’ve been at sea but most of them can't even move as of now because of how weak they are. The ship conditions terrible to we have to sleep on the grounds and when you wake up and if you wake up, we’d have to throw the people that didn't make it off the ship. I've thrown some of my