Who Is The Wife Of Pyrrhus By Hermione

“My noble partner You greet with present grace and great prediction Of noble having and of royal hope, That he seems rapt withal. To me you speak not. If you can look into the seeds of time, And say which grain will grow and which will not, Speak, then, to me, who neither beg nor fear Your favors nor your hate.”

As I’ve had your company, my love for you perpetuates to grow. I sit there with you as you complain “how slow This old moon wanes! She lingers my desires, like a stepdame or a dowager Ling withering out a young man’s revenue.”You rant about how slow the days pass, how the slow the moon fades, and how the moon is keeping you from what you optate, like what you compare to, a widow making her stepson wait to get his passed on possessions. Nonetheless, I’d found it amusing and relieving that we could be honest with each other. You wish for the day of our wedding to come and eager for it because you want to espouse me.“Stir up the Athenian youth to merriments. Awake the pert and nimble spirit of mirth. Turn Melancholy forth to funerals. The pale companion is not for our pomp," you order Philostrate. Theseus, when you said that, I knew you were serious about me and our wedding. You want to welcome me as the Queen of Athens with pride to everyone, and I appreciate that. Moreover, it shows me that you care about me and what others may think of me.

Hermia: Your grace, pardon me. I do not know what makes me think I can say this, and I don’t know it may damage your reputation for modesty. Please tell me, the worst that could happen to me if I refuse to marry Demetrius.

“ I have heard you plight ” said the man, burdened by his ermine coat. “I am a prince from a far of land and I am prepared to take on the

I’m hither, with abhor, to complain about mine daughter Hermia. My lord, this sir, Demetrius, hath mine permission to marry that lady. Step forward, Lysander. —But this other sir, Lysander, hath cast a magic spell ov'r mine child’s heart. You, thee, Lysander, you’ve given that lady poems, and switch thy love with mine daughter. You’ve connived to steal mine daughter’s heart, making that lady stubborn and harsh instead of obedient, I asketh thee to alloweth me exercise the right that all fathers has't in Athens. Since the lady belongs to me, I can doth what I want with her, as the law says: I can either maketh that lady marry Demetrius—or hath that lady killed.

Hence, this part of conversation is a microcosm of their unhappy and unhealthy mode of relationship. Theseus would arbitrarily express a personal opinion and impose it on Hippolyta, without considering her protests. According to John Cutis, moreover, the episode of Pyramus and Thisbe acts “as a satirical contrast with the Theseus-Hippolyta relationship, as they are both unable to ‘see the need of poetry’” (Cutis 183). A love life without conflicts, or a life without love, might not prove the happiest— this couple solve their discords with Hippolyta’s absolute obedience and Theseus’ lack of love and consideration. This is why they need no compromise.

In Oedipus Rex and A Doll House, there are inevitable elements that contribute to each play’s tragedy. I stand strong in my belief that fate is to blame for the tragic downfall in Oedipus’ life. Nora’s act of leaving her husband and three children is not a justifiable act. Sophocles demonstrates that fate is unavoidable, thus causing fate to victimize Oedipus to a tragic end. Ibsen suggests Nora is so childish that she can’t handle a problem between herself and Torvald, causing her to renounce her husband and their three young children. Nora’s behavior is deemed unjustifiable.

King Henry; paper 4 Essay In this speech, King Henry is addressing Harry, one of his kinsmen who have apparently fallen out of favor with King Harry. In his speech, the King openly criticizes Harry foe openly betraying him before multitudes even when the king had enthroned him with the authority to represent him in all public gatherings. The kings subsequently reminds Harry that he will no longer belong to the royal family and his space henceforth has been taken by his cousin who the king believes will best represent his values and core principals as compared to Harry. The general mood in the except is full of remorse and regret as the kind]g ponders over the next move now that he has lost trust of his subjects as a result of actions of Harry.

He pressed my cheek so my skull was against his palm; and he said, “Prince, he don’t care today. There ain’t any measuring happening today. No samples.” (Pg 119). He tried to make Octavian feel better and comfort

I am sorry that I am leaving you and your siblings on such short notice. It is terrible that I have to leave you guys right after your mother passed away. Only if I was not blinded from the truth, none of this mess would ever happened. Teiresias told me that it would be painful for me to know the truth when he said, “how dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there’s no help in truth!” (214) I regret finding out the truth because it caused our family to fall apart. Teiresias was a blind man and yet he can see more than I could.

His engagements, influenced by pride, eventually lead to the death of his good friend, Patroclus, and Achilles’ own death. Patroclus tried to convince his friend to return to the war, but Achilles, who had realized that he needed to move on, will not step down and admit that he had made an error in his genius plan to get back at Agamemnon: “Still, by god, I said I would not relax my anger, / not till the cries and carnage reached my own ships” (16: 71-73). His pride, not his honor, is at stake here. It would be honorable to fight, and be successful, not shy away because of a wounded ego. He would earn much more respect, empathy and the honor of a heroic story, which at this time he so desperately desires, if he participates in this war for the ages. So Achilles makes the choice to send Patroclus in his place: “So [Patroclus], you strap my splendid armor on your back, / and lead our

“I wish to ask the gods for a quest.” I speak clear and bold. I have seen the seer many times in my day, and the seer before him, and know well how to honor the eyes into the realm of the gods. I know not to waste their time.

• The story begins with explanation of an old law that was directed towards men's daughters as well as introduction to Egeus and Hermia whom both live in the city of Athens. These are the main characters.

A critical element of classical tragedy is gruesome, gruelling, and often heart wrenching deaths of characters, regardless of whether or not they are central figures to the plot as a whole. The first example of this found within in Book II of Virgil’s “Aeneid’ is the encounter with Hector’s ghost. A once great hero of the Trojan race is belittled into a grim description: “his beard was filthy, his hair matted with blood”. Whilst the murder of Hector is not the main focus within the ‘Aeneid’, nor even within Book II, it is still a greatly tragic death due to the vulgar actions of Achilles. In fact, Hector still retains the appearance induced by his gruesome death, further adding to the tragic nature of his death. Another example of tragic death within Book II of ‘The Aeneid’ is that of Priam – the old king of Troy. He is slain by the cruel Pyrrhus, after witnessing the murder of his own son: “defiling a fathers face with the murder of his own son”. Not only is that event in itself tragic, but also Pyrrhus then dragged Priam “through pools of his own son’s blood” to an altar at which he was killed. This event within Book II exemplifies the tragic nature of heroic deaths for a multitude of reasons. The first is the obvious cruel nature of death within a great battle. During this time period it was a common occurrence for young men to head off into battle in order to defend their own nation. However, Priam was an old man, and for him to die in battle is a tragic occurrence in

Helena is a very desperate and aroused woman who loves Demetrius with her life. Even though she shows a great passion of love for him, Demetrius rejects this and therefore piles another burden of sorrow onto Helena’s shoulders. She is fed up with Demetrius rejecting her, but Helena is not tempted to give up yet.