Henry Fielding’s "Tom Jones": Homeric Epithets and Personifications with a Satirical Twist

McD. C. Turner. Oswald Doughty’s review states that the subject of “Irony in English Literature” is a short essay that doesn’t define irony in an easy manner. This secondary source helps prove the importance of irony in literature because Doughty provides examples on how introducing irony in any literary work can be difficult. The literary irony is easily interpreted in a comical or misfortunate approach, which is created in the plot and narration. According to Doughty, “It is to irony as a weapon of disputation and denunciation that Mr. Turner devoted most attention, and … finds the chief stimulus to the use of irony in English literature.” (Doughty 367) Mr. Turner’s ironic writing is described as, “…passed over with the remark that it is “little” irony.” (368) Lastly, Oswald Doughty states that in history, irony is always suggested in English literature. The work should be readable and clear when involving the literary of dramatic irony in

While both “Morte Darthur” and “The Miller's Tale” display some characteristics of a satirical approach in which human vices are attacked in a whimsical manner through irony, comedy, and folly, they are actually quite different in their literary genre and style. “Morte Darthur”, an adventurous tale with an imaginary setting that perfectly idealizes the chivalrous knight-hero and his noble deeds done for the love of his lady, is a classic example of a tragic medieval romance. A fabliau, of which “The Miller's Tale” is an example, takes a comical approach with the typically large cast of colorful characters: the blissfully ignorant husband, the

One of the most distinctive qualities of Homeric epic is the extensive use of simile, drawn almost entirely from nature. His characters are likened to ‘almost every aspect of the natural world, from locusts to lightning and from bats to beans’ (Gariépy 1973: 89). Homer’s use of animal imagery, although most often expressed

One of the most legendary epic poet writers of all time is Homer. Not much is known about Homer, what is known is that Homer was born sometime between the 12th and the 8th centuries BC (Graziosi, Haubold 2005). Very little is known about who Homer was. Some believe Homer was a single man who was most likely a well-educated man; while others believe that Homer was a group of scholars and not a single author. One of the reasons that Homer stood out in his time was because he was more of a minstrel poet or balladeer, as opposed to a cultivated poet who is the product of a fervent literary moment, such as a Virgil or a Shakespeare. It was unusual for authors to publish something that was not considered ‘in’. With authors such as Virgil and Shakespeare improving the way people experiences ligature Homer was reminding the Geek nation that some of the most beautiful stories were lyrical

Irony is a common technique used by authors to keep readers engaged and make them think critically. Irony is prominent in various areas of literature including dialogue, setting, characters, and theme.. Dante’s Inferno and Thomas More’s Utopia are perfect examples of the use of irony as they utilized the various techniques throughout their stories. There are a plethora of accounts where irony is apparent, including the sceneries, dialogue, and titles that are portrayed in their work. This essay will examine and compare the uses of irony in Dante Alighieri’s narrative poem, Inferno and Thomas More’s satirical dialogue, Utopia.

The Renaissance period was defined by the plethora of work that paid homage to antiquity, or the classics. These Renaissance writers, artists, and thinkers recognized the virtues, themes, and ideas of the classics and they were able to harness those virtues, themes, and ideas in order to influence their society. Today, the same thing is exhibited in many contemporary works. There is evidence of the importance of classical ideas in various modern works of today, ranging from but not limited to, art, music, and literature. This paper deals specifically with the way music captures the essence of the classical virtues, themes, and ideas in Homer’s “The Odyssey”.

Homer remains as one of the most influential poets’ in history. “The influence of Homer is felt down through the centuries, in Dante and Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton; such is his power that men who read no word of Greek and who had no access to translations spoke of Homer and his epics with deep reverence. After 2,700 years, it remains unsurpassed as the West 's

Fielding uses many techniques, but one that stands out is the use of diction. Because of this, the author is able to portray specific word choice within the passage. The use of word choice depicts the shocking reaction Mrs. Wilkins has upon seeing the child. She states,” My good sir! What’s to be done” (46-47).

Not much was known about the Greek Poet Homer. Actually, there are many who believe that no such ‘Homer’ ever even existed in Ancient Greece. Nonetheless, it is agreed that Homer is one of the first writers that have shaped our culture immensely. Homer gives us a look into what morals the Greeks followed and what their beliefs were. Homer shows us how the Greeks put these beliefs into action by presenting multiple struggles that our characters must go through. Homer’s epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey, are thousands of years old. Yet, whoever reads these pieces of literature today can somehow relate to its characters and events. This is because of the author’s ability to form a connection between the reader and what it is they are analyzing/reading. This paper will identify the values, conflicts, and parallels within Homer’s text.

The Romantic poets sought to write epics that incorporated new philosophies, ideals, and literary trends, while also parodying, satirizing and deconstructing the epic poem itself. Rather than merely extend the epic tradition, several Romantic poets subverted the characteristics and tropes attributed to epic poetry, creating an interesting revision of the epic. Two seminal works of Romantic poetry that adequately showcase the revision of epic tradition are William Wordsworth’s introspective epic The Prelude and Lord Byron’s biting epic satire Don Juan. Incorporating either introspection and reflection or irony and satire, both of these works incorporate themes from the epic tradition while also subverting its significant aspects,

Epic poetry surrounds itself with different characteristics from different kinds of literature. We find the inclusion of the evocation to the muse in many of the epics and that surrounds as one of the few things that surface out as a common element in many epic poems.

Another scholar testified that both Ariosto and Spenser did not observe Virgil’s conception of an epic as ‘a unified account of a single hero’s career,’ but instead got lost in their concentrations on wild, unnatural allegories that greatly displeased and ultimately confused the reader (1).

The Iliad is a collection of poems written by Homer describing the 10-year siege of the city of Troy by Greeks in what is now famously known as the Trojan War. Several characters stand out in the series of poems because of the roles they played in the war, how they behaved and the acts they took to help eventually win the war for the Greeks (then known as Akhaians). This paper specifically investigates the writings in Books two, four, thirteen, sixteen and seventeen and why the events in these books are important in the overall text.

We stopped not going on in light of the fact that he talked, but rather at the same time were going through the wood, the wood I mean of swarmed spirits. Nor yet had our direction been long from where I rested, when I saw a fire, that vanquished a side of the equator of obscurity. We were still somewhat far off from it, yet not so far that I couldn 't incompletely perceive that decent society had that place. "O thou that honorest both science and workmanship, these, who are they, that have such respect that from the state of the others it separates them?" And he to me, "The fair notoriety of them which resonates above in thy life wins elegance in paradise that so progresses them." At this a voice was heard by me, "Respect the loftiest Artist! his shade gives back that was withdrawn." When the voice had stopped and was tranquil, I saw four awesome shades coming to us: they had a similarity neither dismal nor happy. The great Ace started to state, "Take a gander at him with that sword close by who cometh before the three, even as master. He is Homer, the sovereign writer; the following comes ' identity Horace,

The concept of evil has been an eminent theme throughout time and it was notably rampant during the turn of the nineteenth-century in England. The exploration of the wickedness ingrained in all humans would later become the theme of many novels. Notably, for two Victorian authors, it would encompass their most historic and well-known works: Robert Louis Stevenson’s “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” and Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray”. Within these two works we are introduced to protagonists who portray the ideal civilized man of the Victorian Era. However, they have a dark and sinister side to them. Throughout the course of their respective stories, both characters, Dr. Henry Jekyll and Dorian Gray, become ensnared by the pull of wickedness.