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Text  Criticism

10. Social Context: Around 1185, Andreas Capellanus wrote The Art of Courtly Love. In this influential work, Capellanus states, “Love makes an ugly and rude person shine with all beauty, knows how to endow with nobility even one of humble birth, can even lend humility to the proud.” In what ways does “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” reflect Capellanus’s understanding of love and its transforming power? ”

Andreas Capellanus writing implies that love essentially changes the person. Capellanus statement at first glance makes me think that loves makes someone change in a positive way. However, based on the “Wife of Bath’s Tale” love proves to be something that can change someone for the worse. 

In the Wife of Bath’s tale, we have a knight that’s lonely and does an unspeakable crime because of it. From this standpoint, The Knight’s craving for love and lust changed him into a criminal.

Later on in the tale, there is an old woman that falls in love with the knight, sadly the knight refuses to feel the same way because of her appearance, thus the Old women transforms herself to a beautiful woman that is just what the Knight was looking for all because of love. Good for the old woman to pursue her interest, However, I believe that when finding a significant other, you should find someone that loves you for you, not just for looks. 

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"When are people most alone"

What is loneliness? Well, loneliness is sadness because one has no friends or company. I feel loneliness every day and it's hard for me to explain to someone how I'm feeling about it. When I think about loneliness it hurts me knowing that we all don't have true friends that will be there for you. My parents always call them "acquaintances" and to be honest it's true cause they'll not be there for you when you go through things, it might hurt but you must know that God is your only true friend.

When I was reading the three-story for Brit.lit (The Seafarer, The Wanderer, and The Wife's Lament) I felt there were no connection between how I was thinking about "loneliness" but this one Disney princess came into mind and that one princess was Cinderella cause she felt lonely through the movie, she never connect to her step-mother or her step-sisters the only friends she had was Jaq, Gus, Perla, Suzp, Bert, Mert, Luke, Bruno, and the prince.

How she went through it? Throughout the movie, she entourage her animal's friends to never stop dreaming and hopefully one day it will come true. Her dream was to meet the prince and it did come true because all she did was keep dreaming.

When she was singing her song "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes" that song means to me a lot because she was talking to her mice and birds friends saying that "they can't order me to stop dreaming..." cause they can't and they won't stop us from DREAMING we all have dreams that want to come true like mine dream is to become a Park Ranger and do my best to help families and others who are in need.

She believed in dreams, but also she also believed in doing something about them for example in the movie she believed that she had time making a dress for the ball, but she didn't cause her stepmother told her to clean up the whole house when she was done she went up to her room and found a beautiful dress that her little friends made for her. There so many examples but, this one stands out to me cause the mice to know that she wasn't going to have time making it before the ball.

In conclusion, I feel like Cinderella cause I do feel lonely all day cause it's like I'm left out on everything and I try to fit in, but I can't fit in, the only person who understands me the most was Eliesse Kwok cause she knows what I went through as a kid, not cause I know her parents and she knows mine but we connect as one and we hope to still be connected with each other.

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“Writing to Compare”

In the two poems, Sonnet 90 and Sonnet 292 by Fancesco Petrarch they were really adorable.

Sonnet 292, the speaker is a man mourning the loss of a loved one he was romanticizing the woman he loved and making sure she would be out to a goddess. The tone was that the speaker looks back on the perfection of his beloved and with that perfection, she made his world a paradise. In lines 1-7, he writes about how wonderfully perfect her physical aspect was. He describes the woman as perfect, flawless, and much like a goddess to him. Another way I felt more sadness when I was reading was in lines 8-13 was that he admits that his "goddess" is dead now and he feels alone and vulnerable, he thought he was a decrepit boat out on the sea. While I was reading I pick up 3 themes in the poem, one is facing reality, the second one is lost love, and the last one is Destruction of beauty the reason why this 3 theme is to me is that he shows us that the speaker shows us how his lover looked and telling us how beautiful she can be.

Sonnet 90 the speaker speaks about a man in love with a woman who will do anything for her. The toned if this poem was gentle, tender, and nostalgic and his list love. In line 1-2 the element of the style is visual imagery and the effect of it is there a visualization of how his love's hair was blowing in the wind. In lines 13-14 the style of this was organic imagery and the effect is that one can almost feel how the speaker still feels affection for her and he hurts about his the "bow goes". Another one is lines 9-10 the style is simile and the effect is the speaker compares her to an angelic form.

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Give and Keep

Abigail Apolinar

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British Literature

October 29, 2018

 “Text Criticism”

10. Critical Interpretations One critic has suggested that Raleigh’s “witty and sardonic” response to Marlowe’s poem is a comment on “the human propensity for self-delusion.” Do you agree or disagree? Consider the subject of both poems—idealized love—and what the speakers have to say about it.

In a perfect world, the world would always be green and clean and May. You would have a perfect view of the rolling green hills every day. To have mountains of flowers that never fade and gowns that never rip. The Passionate Shepard speaks wishfully of his heart’s desire to have loving companion to share his wealth with. He speaks of gifts of flowers gowns and slippers made of gold. The tone is optimistic as if he is positive she will except his gifts gladly and with open arms.

Change is inevitable, things fade away especially possessions and their youth. The Nymphs reply explained to the Shepard that his perfect world was unattainable. He would never be able to live that life let along give it to her. The Shepard believes that all his gifts deserve the love of a woman but in the reply,  he is put in his place and told that his flowers will fade and the life he promised is not real. If it was she might be tempted but she is living in the real world. I don’t believe she is being witty but rather smart.

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Self Delusion-Brit Lit-Assignment 3

Self-delusion is very common these days. Many people put things in their heads and sooner or later they will end up believing it is the truth. This, in many cases, ruin relationships with people, because they put a false story into their heads or believe fake love and begin to believe it to be true, which ends with people having trust issues and many other problems. In the two poems we read, “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” and “The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd”, they give delusions of what they will have, but don’t understand that one day it will all fade away. In the “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” It states “And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle;...”. All these glorious things the Shepherd wants to give to the Nymph are things that will pass away or are not eternal like, for example, love. True deep love is one of the most beautiful things ever, and also will never fade no matter what happens. The Nymph though is not deceived by all these gifts. As she states “But could youth last and love still breed, Had joys no date nor age no need, Then these delights my mind might move To live with thee and be thy love.” in the Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd. She knows that these things will pass, but she says if she becomes old and joy could last forever that these gifts might move her to be his love. She believes that in the end he might not like her anymore when there is no more joy, or youthfulness and she doesn’t want to be stuck with a man like that.

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The Passionate Shepherd and The Nymph's Rely

The poems "The Nymph's Reply" by Sir Willam Raleigh and "The Passionate Shepherd" by Christopher Marlowe have the same theme in both poems that have love and nature are beautiful but they never last forever. What is love? Well, love is an intense feeling of deep affection for someone you care about and in the two poems, they have a girl they care for so much that they want her to be with them forever. Everybody wants in a guy is honesty and loyalty and all I want in a guy that I can trust with all my heart that he will be with me forever and take care of me when I'm sick. In the poems, the man does everything for the girl to make them happy or maybe make her feel special, I want a bit to make me feel special when I around him that I can say to other people "He's mine and only mine" (but not in a rude way) and when he tells other people that I'm his that will make me feel special.

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The Passionate Shepherd and the Nymph’s Reply

Idealized love. People often remember things differently, especially in love. The Sheppard in The Passionate Shepherd to His Love is a man who brings a lot to the table. He offers his girlfriend all of the materialist's things, hoping to get the romantic side of her or to get the rest of her life. He tries to woo her with a bed of roses, a dress, a mountain that they can watch the sheep on, however, when she responds in the Nymphs Reply, she says that she wants the more romantic side of things like to still have joy when the gifts fade and to have him love her when she isn’t young. I agree with both sides, knowing that humans will want the materialistic parts of the relationship along with passion and romance. I know that I would want a bed full of roses AND for him to love me when I’m older. I know that I will want pasta and for him to romantically take out the trash because it is a love language. I want both sides of the story, however, if I absolutely had to choose between materials and his affection, I would choose the passion that drives the relationship. The passion is what makes the relationship worth it. If he doesn’t give you the butterflies but gives you all the expansive things, tell him bye and find a man who will give you the Idealized Love you deserve. 

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British Literature post -2

It is said that “Love makes an an ugly and rude person shine with all beauty, knows how to endow with nobility even one of humble birth, can even lend humility to the proud.” and The Wife of Bath’s story is an example of this belief.

In the story a knight, not so noble, rapes a woman and is being punished for it. The king is willing to execute the knight. However, the queen steps in offers the following. If the knight is able to answer her question in a span of a year he shall not be executed. If he fails to give the correct response, his head will be separated from his body in a permanent manner. The knight agrees. The queen then asks him what is it that women most desire and sends the knight on his way.

The knight wonders across the world but is not able to find an answer and has to return to the queen. On his way he stumbles on an old ugly woman (wow! Very rude Mr. Author, looks are subjective). This woman tells the knight that she will save his life if he promises that he will fulfill her one wish. The knight agrees and the woman tell him the answer.

They march together to meet the queen. And the knight gives the queen a response supplied to him by the woman, the queen agrees that the response is correct and the knight is spared. Now, that the knight’s life is spared he must fulfill the woman’s wish. The woman demands that the knight would marry her. The knight begs her to ask for something else but it is no use and he is forced to marry her.

After the marriage the woman can see that the knight is dissatisfied with her looks and offers him a choice. She can either remain old and not pretty, but remain a good wife. Or she can be very pretty but not loyal. The knight, that has learned his lesson says that he shall let her choose, since she is the wife. The wife is delighted and turns both beautiful and remains loyal and they both live happily ever after.

So, according to the text, the knight is not the keenest person alive. However through the story he learns a lesson. He learns that woman also have a voice in any matter (I know, it’s ridiculous he had to learn that. Then again, it is an old story). He would not have learned that if not the woman’s love for him. The woman would have not turned beautiful either, if he would not respect her opinion as his wife. And so, love has made a noble man out of the knight, and made the woman shine with all her beauty