Tithonus

Have you ever been hurt by someone whom you loved and trusted the most, such as a close family member or friend? It’s a horrible feeling that leaves you in horrendous pain, varying for each individual person, as if you’ve been stabbed in the back through the heart. You’ve trusted that one, close person to keep your secrets, to protect you in a way they can, and to not leave you; however the trust shatters when you find out their true motives, and it all hits you as fantastic lies despite all the

During one’s life, one must step out into the real world and experience all of what the world has to offer. In order to attain a well-balanced life both mentally and socially, one may seek any way possible to live life to the fullest. We were put on this earth to live- not just simply by breathing in and out everyday, and making life the best it can possibly be. It has been said that you have not really died if you have lived. This theory has been applied to several pieces of literature. In the book

A Comparison of November, 1806 (Wordsworth) to the Men of Kent (Wordsworth), Drummer Hodge (Hardy), and The Charge of the Light Brigade (Lord Alfred Tennyson) The themes in November, 1806; To the men of Kent; The Charge of the Light Brigade; and Drummer Hodge are all war-based. They all contain the themes of death, war and some sense of victory in that in both of Wordsworth's poems, it is directly about the victory in a battle. In Drummer Hodge, it is that his family shall never

From 1837 to 1901 marks a new era for England, as it is ruled under Queen Victoria bringing an age of peace, prosperity, and a new nationalistic attitude within England itself. The large increase in population and a shift to a trade and manufacturing economy brings a new sense of competition amongst the citizens, developing a new value in aesthetics, status, and wealth to prove dominance in the ever-growing society. Economic success, an ideal which began as a strictly upperclass desire, soon trickled

Sappho is an ancient Greek poet who is known for her capability in the theorization and processing of love, though in The New Sappho her curiosity and amusement tends to turn its perspective to the idea of age. While we are used to the common concept of love and appearance of Aphrodite, the goddess of love, in Sappho’s poems, it seems that The New Sappho is both a play on her age, as well as a metaphor for her new subject. The poem’s title seems to suggest a rebirth or a renewal of being, yet in

for new, young lovers. Eos was often inspired by human love. Once person she loved was Tithonus, the son of the king of Troy. She stole him, took him to Zeus to grant him immortality, and left. Tithonus was growing quite old as she never gave him youth forever as she had. He grew white hair and soon could not move his limbs. Eos locked him into a room and eventually turned him into a grasshopper. Aurora and Tithonus had a son named Memnon. He was once assisting a relative in battle. He was winning when

Eos’ Latin name is Aurora. (“EOS”). According to Theoi.com “Aphrodite placed a curse upon the Goddess Eos causing her to fall in love with a train of mortals--Orion, Tithonus, Kephalus and Kleitos” (“EOS”). This curse was punishment for Eos. Eos had slept with Ares, who was with Aphrodite. Aphrodite basically rubbed it in Eos’ face that she was with Ares, then cursed her. This is the reason that Eos had so many mortal

By and large, the relationship between the artist and his public has not been without discomfort in all ages, and in Victorian England it is most conspicuously so. In fact, as Johnson observes, “nearly all eminent Victorian writers were as often as not at odds with their age.” Their writings, he continues, manifest a kind of tension originating as a result of the author’s allegiance to his aesthetic sensibilities in a modern society which little cares about a life of the creative imagination. Under

Tennyson was born in Somersby, Lincolnshire, England August 6, 1809, where he began writing as a child and first published one of his masterpieces in 1827, but it wasn’t until 1840 where Mr. Tennyson work began to get public recognition. Alfred wrote “Tithonus” in 1833 but never publish it until twenty-seven years later and wrote “In Memoriam” in 1850 containing the line “Tis better to loved and lost than never to have loved at all” (Memoriam 27-15) contributed to his legacy and reputation. Alfred‘s life

People take death as a negative attribute when it starts to affect their lives. They strongly believe, that as their life goes on they are one step to closer to the end of their existence. As a result, they will play out the rest of their time by being cautious of the choices they make, and also by taking the easy way out. For example, they might stop exercising because they are old or frustrated with the results. This change in lifestyle happens to all of us as we grow older. In an article called