The Flea

During Mr. Rosenberg’s leave we learned different dramatic elements such as script analysis, stasis and intrusion, dramatic conflict, etc. This helps us to understand the different elements so one day when we have to apply the elements we will already be mindful of them. Additionally, we also learned about the beginning of theater dating back to ancient Greece and their different ways of displaying theater.

In the first stanza, the speaker wants his beloved lady to observe a flea and not think of anything else as he delivers his argument. A flea bites the speaker and his beloved causing their blood to mix,

     In the poem “The Flea” by John Donne, the speaker uses clever sexual innuendo and metaphors in an attempt to manipulate a certain girl into losing her virginity to him. The poem begins with the speaker explaining that a flea has bit both him and her, and now both of

John Donne’s poems are similar in their content. They usually point out at same topics like love, lust, sex and religion; only they are dissimilar in the feelings they express. These subjects reflect the different stages of his life: the lust of his youth, the love of his married middle age, and the piety of the latter part of his life. His poem,’ The Flea’ represents the restless feeling of lust during his youthful days but it comes together with a true respect for women through the metaphysical conceit of the flea as a church in the rhythm of the sexual act.

The conceit in “The Flea” is between a flea and unrequited love in the physical aspect. The complexities of this young romance develop the speaker’s argument for a young women to sleep with him. The biting of the flea is compared to having sexual relations with the women. The speaker claims that the flea bite joins them together like sex. Thus, her preserved purity no longer exists because they now have shared the same fluids (blood) inside the flea. He compares the flea’s bite to the joining of souls such as the holy trinity. The speaker try to get the women to see how blown out of proportion her virginity really is and that not that big of a deal.

“The Interlopers” by Saki, is a story mixed with man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. self, conflict. The resolution is a very surprising twisted fate however. In the beginning we learn of the three generation long quarrel between the Gradwitz’s and the Znaeym’s. “A famous law suit, in the days of his grandfather” (152). The boys grow up hating each other and wishing each other misfortune, and even death upon each other. “as boys they had thirsted for one another's blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other” (152). On that night both of the men separate from their groups in search of each other. After a few minutes of searching they find each other. But as fate may have it, nature strikes both men. Suddenly the harsh

Following a unique poetic language of the Renaissance, John Donne's ‘The Flea' is a poem illustrating the metaphor of a flea to represent the sexual act and relations between a man and woman. Portrayed through language, imagery, and structure John Donne's poem is one of conceit and seduction, as the speaker (assumed to be a man) follows a consistent pattern of persuasion to have premarital sex with a woman.

The short story On The Bridge by Todd Strasser is about two boys, Adam and Seth, who are hanging out after school on a bridge that overlooks the highway. Seth was the character that demonstrated maturity towards the end of the story. He showed some examples of this when Adam got them into some trouble. For example, when Adam flicked his cigarette onto the windshield of a car below the bridge, the drivers came up behind them. “But suddenly he [Seth] noticed that all three guys were staring at him. He quickly looked at Adam and saw why. Adam was pointing at him.” It was this point where Seth started to question his friendship with Adam, because they had gotten into trouble because of Adam, and then he blamed it on Seth. After the men left, Seth

In the final stanza the woman kills the flea. Unsurprisingly, the very dramatic Donne labels the death as “cruel and sudden” (3.1). He goes on to say that she has “purpled thy nail, in blood of innocence” (3.2). What he means by this is that the flea has done nothing more than suck her blood, yet she has ended its life. Since the mingling of blood is representative of sex, it implies that the act of sex is

It does not take a rocket science to see that The Flea and Love Song: I and Thou are vastly different in meaning. Whether it is because they are composed in different years or because the poets’ have immensely different views, it is evident to the reader that the two poets’ come from opposing sides. The use of metaphors throughout both poems help to convey the poets’ views of love and mating.

In the Alta Loma Hotel in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles, writer Arturo Bandini's hotel room window opens onto the ground level, a smog and sand-choked base of a palm tree as his view. Arturo's train of thought

Malo awoke the next morning, Sunday, and sleepily made some breakfast while talking to his wife about the events of the day before. As Mr. Malo once again recounted his heroic actions, he couldn’t help thinking about how, in a way, what he was saying was a lie, and he couldn’t help but putting his doubt into words. Continuing the story almost felt wrong to Mr. Malo, since he did turn away from the scene of the crime, and the only reason he chased after the man was that he stole his Worm Repellent, a crucial part of Mr. Malo’s life. Eventually, he expressed his true feelings about the situation to his wife, and she replied that the important thing was that he stopped the thief; but Mr. Malo kept on thinking that the only important thing that mattered to him was getting his Worm Repellent back, which almost made him feel guilty, for everyone, it seemed, was praising him. Then, Mr. Malo’s phone rang and he answered it; it was the cop that talked to him earlier and he wanted to present him a medal for his bravery shown the day

has sucked his blood and hers and he is now using this flea as an

The notion of time is used as the basis for the argument in 'To his

" Nobody, not even the rain, has such small hands." This quote is taken from the last line of e.e. Cummings's poem "somewhere I have never traveled". Cummings's poem tells a story about someone desperately in love. The girl he adores has a mysterious control over him. The speaker describes her having the power to open and close him like a rose, therefore leaving him weak and helpless. This is also evident in Tennessee Williams's play " The Glass Menagerie ". While some readers believe that the epigraph brings out the theme of weakness by describing Laura; a closer examination concludes that the epigraph shows the play's major theme of weakness by describing all three members of the Wingfield family.