Courtier

helped humanism in many ways. One influential event that caught my attention during this era was Baldassarre Castiglione’s work, “The book of the Courtier”. This book helped the Renaissance period to look at different angles of life especially the role of men and women in our society. In the book, it explained about the “behavior expectations of the courtier and what his lady should do to lend a hand to her companion” (1). Castiglione’s beliefs not only influenced the Renaissance time period but also

this that the beloved gives in to the yearning of the lover and the latter achieves transcendence not in the demise of the beloved, but in the experience of love. By this Spencer apperars to have been trying ti reverse the role of the Queen and the courtier. This leads to Catherine Bates remarking thus, “Henceforth (it seems), the images of power and subjection which have structured the self-positioning of the poet and his mistress are changed round, for it is no longer

Bordeaux’s cru classe wines are sold on the Place de Bordeaux, a system of wine merchants (negociants) and brokers (courtiers) who work with chateaux to send their wines to market. The wines are also sold en primeur, whereby customers may purchase wines far in advance of their bottling and public release. This trade structure is largely the result of three interrelated historical phenomena: Bordeaux’s unique relationship, and robust trade, with England; the arrival of foreign merchants in the

In the reading, the narrator talks about perfection in a way that indicates he has a high standard for quality of work. "...I have to admit that I have not even suggested, let alone have done justice to the virtues of the Duchess, because not only is my style incapable of expressing them, but my mind of conceiving them" (Castiglione). I think it is evident that this man was focused on producing a book that reached his standard of quality and perfection. He did not believe he could do the Duchess

front of them, they were too caught up in things that they could not see. To strengthen his allegory of life in “The Masque of the Red Death,” Poe expresses that avoiding something does not make it go away through his portrayal of the castle, the courtiers, and rooms one and seven. Prince Prospero lived in a very magnificent castle due to his immense wealth.

teachings in his book describing what the Courtier must be, for example, “...I would have him well built and shapely of limb, and would have him show strength and lightness and suppleness... I think the first should be to handle every sort of weapon well on foot and on horse...and especially to be familiar with those weapons that are ordinarily used among gentlemen…” In this quote Castiglione is explaining how strong a man should be if he were the ideal Courtier, completely focusing on the importance

barbaric) daughter is caught having an affair with one of the king's courtiers. As expected, the courtier is sent to the arena, but the princess has found out which door will contain which punishment. However, the fair maiden behind one of the doors is someone the princess hates. The princess gestures towards the right door and the story ends on a cliff hanger. Despite the ending, it can be inferred that the princess sent the courtier to the tiger.

continues on to speak of Machiavelli (Machiavellianism), his philosophy , and the politics of Italy. It goes on the speak of how Baldassare Castiglione and writer who wrote a guide/manual speaking of how smart men like Machiavelli could become a courtier. A courtier being a man who attends a royal court as a companion or adviser to the king or queen. Then the chapter speaks of how art techniques advanced and for the artist to

The tiger emerges from the door at the end of “The Lady, or the Tiger” by Frank R. Stockton. One reason that the tiger emerges from the door is because the princess hated the lady behind the other door didn't want her lover to be with that other woman. For example, when the princess thought of how she’ll lose her lover in both ways, she thought “ would it not be better for him to die at once, and go to wait for her in the blessed regions of semibarbaric futurity”(304)? This quote showed that the

his words, and Polonius doesn't know that he is being fooled. Hamlet even makes fun of the courtiers particularly Rosencrantz and Guildernstern. Although Hamlet doesn't stop there, he even insults Claudius and his own mother, Gertrude. Hamlet's love, Ophelia, is also an unfortunate victim of these remarks. All these insulting remarks show Hamlet's lack of sympathy for other