The Willing Mistress Essay

The Laws of Seduction On the surface, Donne’s “To His Mistress Going to Bed” seems like a simple request to admire and charm his mistress into sex. However, his impressive background of theology, cosmology and law is embedded in a subtle fashion which causes the poem to be much more elaborate than what first meets the eye. Donne suffered a few losses during his years including the loss of jobs, imprisonment, still born children, and the eventual death of his wife. If his poetry is any attempt to

As Napoleon Bonaparte once said “Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me”. In Macbeth by Shakespeare, power is Macbeth's mistress. He has worked too hard and waited too long for power for someone to get in the way of him becoming king. Macbeth with the help of lady Macbeth murder Duncan and Banquo after Macbeth talks to the witches and tell him that he will be king. Wanting power can cause one to act in a violent and corrupt way that one

Jacobs describes an incident when at about 12 years old her mistress had died . She explains that she and her mistress had an amicable relationship. Her mistress had taught her that God’s word required one to love one’s neighbor as themselves and hoped that her mistress would release her from bondage. Her mistress had however bequeathed her to her five year old niece. This act caused her much grief and made it clear that her late mistress did not quite consider her a neighbor. The Slave: Property

hotel scene committed her own unlawful action by committing vehicular homicide. Social Breakdown of society in The Great Gatsby shows us how times were different in the past and people were more than willing to show their uglier sides. Tom continued to cheat on his wife even when she knew about his mistress. It had gotten

In reference to the works done by Andrew Marvell in “To his Coy Mistress” and William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” there are many ingredients for a loving relationship some of the most necessary ingredients are trust, devotion, and selflessness. Every relationship is different and these ingredients may vary in importance between partners but all are essential to having a healthy, loving relationship which is depicted in these poems. Even the lack of one important ingredient can cause the whole relationship

diem says to us that life isn’t something we have forever, and every passing moment is another opportunity to make the most out of the few precious years that we have left. In the poems “A Fine, a Private Place” by Diane Ackerman and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell, carpe diem is the underlying theme that ties them together, yet there are still a few key differences throughout each of these two poems that shows two very different perspectives on how one goes about seizing their day.

that his idea of love is fake. Thishybolic language of the siege is like “false compare” in the last line of the sonnet 130 “My mistress’ eyes”. Shakespeare satirises other poets because like Romeo they are not expressing their true feelings. They too use exaggerated language to pretend the depth of their love. He lists their insincere comparisons in saying what his mistress is not

Conrad’s sexism is first recognized through diction of the portrayal of Marlow’s aunt. As Marlow looks for a job, his male family members are hesitant to help because they are aware of the dangers in Africa. Marlow’s aunt, on the other hand, is very willing

when he took a life giving breath. “Miriam. Miriam!” A voice pierced her dream. She awoke with a start and looked up into the face of Jason. “We’ve been looking for you, Miriam. The mistress was worried about you. Come. Come back to the house.” Miriam was reluctant, but obeyed. “My dear, are you okay?” The mistress beckoned her towards the cushion on the ground where she was seated. “Sit, Miriam.” Still drowsy from her nap under

Love in To His Coy Mistress and The Flea Both 'To His Coy Mistress', by Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) and 'The Flea', by John Donne (1572-1631) present different attitudes to love. Both are also structured very differently and occasionally use contrasting imagery. Each poem was written in the 17th century, just after the Renaissance. The poets were metaphysical poets. Although the 'metaphysic' was originally a derogatory term, metaphysical poetry used intellectual and theological