Vita Nuova Essay

As a person looks around themselves and their surroundings they can pick up little details about themselves as well as their society. Society has a lot to do with the things that are bought, taken home, displayed. Society depicts what things are fashionable and what’s not. This alludes to the fact that one acquires the ideals of the society around them. Though conforming seems like the best way to make one’s self seem respectable, does it mean that one must lose themselves in order to gain the respect

Re-dressing Feminist identities: Tensions Between Essential and constructed selves in Virginia Woolf’s Orlando In this article, Burns, examines the personal identity and contextualized identity shown through Virginia Woolf’s, Orlando. Burns explains that it’s not the person that changes, it’s the interior self that changes, it’s the exterior self that changes. Woolf shows this by linking this theory, created by John Locke, to the Oak Tree; the tree can be amputated of its branches or -likewise to

Emperor Charlemagne Traits Marking a Great Ruler History, through the ages, has listed many kings, rulers, and military generals, all of whom together, fill volumes about the individual traits and strengths that made them, either individually or as a whole, noteworthy. One of the most notable of the early Middle Ages was Emperor Charlemagne, ruler of the Franks for forty-seven years, from 768 A.D. until his death in January 28, 814, according to Einhard’s Life of Charlemagne. The man was described

In Einhard's Life of Charlemagne and Notker’s Deeds of Charlemagne, the authors express different views of Charlemagne however, they both portray Charlemagne as an influential king through the advancements he made for his kingdom as well as his work with the church. The Life of Charlemagne, written by Einhard, gives a detailed look into the professional life of the great king Charlemagne. Einhard was one of Charlemagne's servants who was able to give the readers a more closely analyzed view of the

The Life of Charlemagne was written by Einhard to honor Charlemagne. He claimed that after the last Merovingian King fell, there was no more power within the dynasty. Einhard described the Merovingian kings as weak, in order to show how powerful Charlemagne was. He was extremely biased in his favor of the patron. He lived during Charlemagne’s life and believed that he could accurately portray him. On Christmas day 800, Charlemagne was crowned emperor. Although emperors existed before him, which implicated

Many female writers see themselves as advocates for other creative females to help find their voice as a woman. Although this may be true, writer Virginia Woolf made her life mission to help women find their voice as a writer, no gender attached. She believed women had the creativity and power to write, not better than men, but as equals. Yet throughout history, women have been neglected in a sense, and Woolf attempted to find them. In her essay, A Room of One’s Own, she focuses on what is meant

After reading two versions of “The Life of Charlemagne”, one written by a person who lived with Charlemagne, and one who didn’t, it is evident that Charlemagne is portrayed in a negative way by the author, the Monk of St. Gall, and in a positive way by Einhard. Einhard was very close to Charlemagne. He lived at the same time and with Charlemagne himself. His version of “The Life of Charlemagne” was writing right after his death. The Monk of St. Gall wrote his version more than 70 years after Charlemagne’s

Maia Davis Orlando/4A English 2302 Research Paper: Aphra Behn In a time when very few authors - let alone female authors - could support themselves through their craft, Aphra Behn was a well known and highly regarded writer in London. She wrote many plays for the London stage, penned poetry, and wrote what some consider the first English novel (though others consider it a novella or a somewhat long short story). Much of her work decries the unequal treatment of women in her era, and she suffered

involving Woolf and Vita Sackville West. Clarissa Dalloway shares a kiss with Sally Seton as she describes it as “the most exquisite moment of her whole life” (Woolf 35). Although it was never disclosed if Clarissa’s husband was ever aware or suspicious of anything, Clarissa explains how her feeling for Sally “was no like one’s feelings for a man” and how their romance “had a quality which could exist [only] between women” (Woolf 34). As for Woolf, she had a secret affair with Vita Sackville West who

Another aspect of Einhard’s writing that must be questioned is his mention of friendships with other kings as this is another area which seems to have a strong subtext. Einhard mentions that Charlemagne made some alliances through friendship however these friendships often have a deeper reason for their existence than purely his friendly nature: fear. When “Alfonso [II], the king of Galicia and Asturias… ordered that in Charle’s presence he was only to be referred to as his subject” he may have been