Ben Jonson

Diana Price uses logic and reasoning in destroying the base for most people that believe in William Shakespeare being the author. She first lists the three main proofs of William Shakespeare’s authorship that people use to prove his writings are indeed his. The first point Price list is, “Shakespeare's last will and testimony of 1016 specified bequests to John Heminges, Henry Condell, and Richard Burbage. All three were his erstwhile fellow actors and shareholders in the Lord Chamberlain's/King's

playwrights didn’t sign their name on their works.) Another point was that Shakespeare was a very well-known playwright. People like Robert Greene, William Camden, and Ben Jonson all praised Shakespeare’s works. William Camden was a famous historian who acknowledged Shakespeare and said he was an amazing contemporary writer. Ben Jonson was Shakespeare’s rival playwright, yet he even admitted that Shakespeare was a great playwright. Shakespeare was so famous that other playwrights would put his name

commentary, Eliot’s static, caricatured, portrayal of Sweeney augments his argument that sexual deviance and lust perpetrate sexual catastrophe. Considering the benefit of static characters within Ben Jonson’s poetry, Eliot notes that “Men may not talk in that way, but the spirit of envy does, and in the words of Jonson envy is a real and living person,” thus insinuating that the act of limiting his character to a mere manifestation of envy is a more cogent method of highlighting his theme than creating a

Alchemy” by John Donne and “On My First Son” by Ben Jonson has given rise to one controversial issue: whether love should be labeled as uncertainty. In fact, some argue that the poem “Love’s Alchemy” expresses the cynical love, whereas, the poem “On My First Son” focuses more on pious love. These contrasting views have also been articulately conveyed through words, such as, “Alchemy” and “Farewell” in the individual poetic works of both Donne and Jonson, respectively, with one conclusion: to alter men

Up until a decade ago, there was no questioning the famous playwright William Shakespeare's authorship. Now, theorists use the lack of documents on Shakespeare’s life and doubt about how a commoner like Shakespeare could have written his famous plays to argue against Shakespeare’s authorship. While arguments for other candidates may be compelling, no concrete proof exists for any one candidate that provides a clearer picture of a literary genius than Shakespeare himself. Those who support Shakespeare

For my poetry project, I have chosen “To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” by Robert Herrick, located on page 1,762 of the Norton Anthology English Literature 9th Edition. The speaker seems to be speaking from experience, so he presumably failed to gather his rosebuds and take advantage of the opportunities that crossed him. Because he seems to be speaking from experience, he is most likely an older man. The speaker is addressing a group of virgins or young unmarried women, and advising them to

Artists of the Elizabethan Era The artists of the Tudor court were the painters and limners hired by the monarchs of England’s Tudor dynasty and their courtiers between 1485 and 1603, covering the reign of Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth I. Many of these artists produced works across several genres, including portrait miniatures, large-scale panel portraits on wood, illuminated manuscripts, heraldic emblems, and decorative schemes for masques, tournaments and other events. Forms of Art

Although it is practical from a literary and historical standpoint, object-driven analyses of Shakespeare’s First Folio fail to account for, as Brown says, “the story of the object asserting itself as a thing.” By treating the First Folio as only a book meant to be read for information these analyses let it stagnate in a subject-object binary which leads us to falsely believe that the subject creates knowledge from the object. Or as Brown says, we are stuck viewing the object as a “code by which

Aristotle is one of the greatest ancient Greek philosophers. One of his best works is Poetics. Aristotle defines what a tragedy is …etc.(what talks abt) A tragedy consists of six component, which are listed here in order from most important to least important. Aristotle’s structure of tragedy was interpreted differently by the neoclassical philosopher Corneille. Corneille argued that “Action can become complete only through several others . . . which, by serving preparation, keep the spectator in

Aristotle is one of the greatest ancient Greek philosophers. One of his best works is Poetics. Aristotle defines what a tragedy is …etc.(what talks abt) A tragedy consists of six component, which are listed here in order from most important to least important. Aristotle’s structure of tragedy was interpreted differently by the neoclassical philosopher Corneille. Corneille argued that “Action can become complete only through several others . . . which, by serving preparation, keep the spectator in