Hum 211-13 February 28‚ 2008 Stoic Commandments from Epictetus ❖ Thou shalt honor the blessings that the Lord gives you. ❖ Thou shalt live with only necessities‚ and avoid luxuries. ❖ Thou shalt not attempt to control things that you are powerless to. ❖ Thou shalt avoid boasting about one’s life and journeys. ❖ Thou shalt not hold grudges against those who do wrong against you. There are many things in this life that we cannot control‚ and according to the famous
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feelings towards death. He uses personification by addressing death as if it was a human. In the first stanza the author says: Death‚ be not proud‚ though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful‚ for thou art not so; For those‚ whom thou think’s thou dost overthrow‚ Die not‚ poor Death‚ nor yet canst thou kill me. (1-4) From the tone of the stanza it may seem like the speaker is talking to man‚ but he’s actually speaking to death as if it was a human being. In the first two lines the speaker talks
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euphoric. Busy old fool‚ unruly Sun‚ Why dost thou thus‚ Through windows‚ and through curtains‚ call on us? Must to thy motions lovers ’ seasons run? Saucy pedantic wretch‚ go chide Late school-boys and sour prentices‚ Go tell court-huntsmen that the king will ride‚ Call country ants to harvest offices; Love‚ all alike‚ no season knows nor clime‚ Nor hours‚ days‚ months‚ which are the rags of time. Thy beams so reverend‚ and strong Why shouldst thou think? I could eclipse and cloud them with a wink
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Franz Kafka once said‚ “Love is a drama of contradictions.” In other words‚ love can cause joy as well as sorrow. Often in life‚ people are in love and therefore have many contradictions with those that they love. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet explains the rivalry between two households‚ the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo‚ a Montague‚ and Juliet‚ a Capulet‚ fall in love‚ but since their houses experience strong hatred toward each other‚ they must withstand difficult challenges and face
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a fake accent. Similarly‚ he suggests that Romeo’s love-melancholy is effeminate‚ while his more sociable self is properly masculine. Therefore‚ his happiest when Romeo rejoins his witty‚ crazy group of male friends: "Now art thou sociable‚ now art thou Romeo; now art thou art‚ by art as well as by nature" Romeo’s masculinity is constantly being questioned by Shakespeare throughout the course of the play. Following Mercutio’s death‚ for example‚ Romeo fears that his love of Juliet has effeminised
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when his affections sway’d / More than his reason.” Antony Loyalty to friends and loved ones 3.1.148 – 150 “O mighty Caesar! Dost thou lit so low? / Are all thy conquests‚ glories‚ triumphs‚ spoils / Shrunk to this little measure? Fare thee well!” 3.1.254 – 275 “O‚ pardon me‚ thou bleeding piece of earth‚ / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! / Thou art the ruins of noblest man / That ever lived in the tide of times. / … (275) With carrion men groaning for burial. “ Caesar Loyalty
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spoke of Rosaline it shows the depth of Romeos love for Juliet because he claimed to love Rosaline however he never spoke of her as lovingly as he now does of Juliet. Moving on through to line 26‚ Shakespeare writes “O speak again‚ bright angel‚ for thou art...” this is read by Romeo once Juliet steps out onto the balcony unknowingly about to speak from her heart while Romeo is in the mist. Romeo refers here to Juliet as “Bright angel.” An angel is
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fairy Puck ( also referred to as Robin Goodfellow) to use the flower to make Demetrius fall back in love with Helena. “A sweet Athenian lady is in love‚ with a disdainful youth. Anoint his eyes‚ but do it when the next thing he espies may be the lady. Thou shalt know the man by the Athenian garments he hath on. Affect it with some care that he may prove more found on her than she upon her love… (II.ii l 266-274)” “Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell. It fell upon a little western flower‚ Before
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question‚ daring Macbeth to answer. She questions his actions saying “Art thou afeard to be the same in thine own act and valor as thou art in desire?” She asks if he is brave enough to do what he wants. Again‚ he cannot answer without looking like a fool. Lady Macbeth then speaks strong words that causes Macbeth to look at his own actions in fear of him not being a man. She calls him a coward saying “wouldst thou have that which thou esteem’st the ornament of life‚ and live a coward in thine own esteem
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killed Tybolt and he got banished from Verona‚ Friar Lawrence still told Romeo not to give up and go to Juliet. “Go‚ get thee to thy love‚ as was decreed‚ Ascend her chamber‚ hence and comfort her: But look thou stay not till the watch be set‚ For then thou canst not pass to Mantua; Where thou shalt live‚ till we can find a time To blaze your marriage‚ reconcile your friends‚ Beg pardon of the prince‚ and call thee back “(III iii 150-156). This quote shows us that Friar Lawrence is still trying to
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