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Nature in William Shakespeare's the Tempest
Importance of nature in the tempest in Shakespeare plays
Nature in William Shakespeare's the Tempest
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Right as the crew on the ship see the majestic Albatross, they feel and hear a gust of wind. They think that the wind was because of the bird and are proud of it and think of it as their leader. However as soon as the winds die down and the weather is not as good, the crew and the mariner blame it on the bird. After the Mariner had shot the Albatross the entire crew cried out with joy. But little did they know the sin that the Mariner had just committed was going to ruin them all. By shooting the Albatross with his crossbow he showed no care for any nature around him and would soon be punished for it. The poem states: all creatures great and small the lord God created them all, referencing and stating how important nature is to humans and how
The tile of the poem “Bird” is simple and leads the reader smoothly into the body of the poem, which is contained in a single stanza of twenty lines. Laux immediately begins to describe a red-breasted bird trying to break into her home. She writes, “She tests a low branch, violet blossoms/swaying beside her” and it is interesting to note that Laux refers to the bird as being female (Laux 212). This is the first clue that the bird is a symbol for someone, or a group of people (women). The use of a bird in poetry often signifies freedom, and Laux’s use of the female bird implies female freedom and independence. She follows with an interesting image of the bird’s “beak and breast/held back, claws raking at the pan” and this conjures a mental picture of a bird who is flying not head first into a window, but almost holding herself back even as she flies forward (Laux 212). This makes the bird seem stubborn, and follows with the theme of the independent female.
Like “On the Departure of the Nightingale”, the flight of the bird also symbolizes the removal of the song, and the loss of the creative force for the poet; the nightingale is free to escape from a world of decay and death, while the poet is forced to suffer in it.
In addition, the albatross of Rime of the Ancient Mariner and the raven from The Raven display similar actions in the poems. The albatross flies by the ship in the water and immediately brings good weather to the sailors, “And a good wind sprung up behind; the albatross did follow, and every day, for food or play, came to the mariner’s hollo!” (Lines 71-74) They then praise it, but once it is killed, horrible storms start, angering the mariners. The raven comes into play when the nar...
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the falcon can not hear the falconer." This is the most important line of the poem since it centers on the novel and poem as a whole. It shows that without understanding and unity, the foundation can not hold and will eventually become too weak to stand. The Christians did not choose to understand the Ibo culture and vi...
The narration of the poem is more or less constant up to the sixth part, which opens with a dialogue between two voices. These two voices provide a narrative and stylistic break in the poem. Firstly, the voices can be considered as an omniscient narrator in this part because they have a broad knowledge of everything that has happened up until now, and are able to offer a better explanation of the situation to the Ancient Mariner. Moreover, the way in which the dialogue is presented, makes the structure seems more of a script of a play. The structure of the poem is a key characteristic in displaying the theme, for by telling the story as a personal experience, it helps the reader understand the moral and theme intended as a warning to people.
By reading the first poem we can see that an eagle can suddenly change its personality without warning. As mentioned in Tennyson's "The Eagle", the bird is sitting atop of a mountain and then suddenly dives towards the water in search of prey. We are given a description of the eagle that allows us to see how calm he is, but at the same time there is a feel to the poem that he is soon going to go for the kill, such as the alliteration used in line one, where "He clasps the crag with crooked hands;" this statement gives us a feeling that not all is calm with the eagle, it seems increasingly more and more climatic. This poem shows us the very violent yet tactical sides of the eagle, we can not make out anything caring or loving about the eagle.
The main theme of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem is to learn from your mistakes. After telling his tale to the Wedding Guest, the Ancient Mariner realized that the murder of the Albatross was a mistake and lived a life of penance. The act of murder was an impulsive act because the Mariner felt threatened by the Albatross their actions. The deaths of both birds brought about memories from both the Ancient Mariner and Hagar which they shared with other people, the Wedding Guest and Murray F. Lees. These memories help them to realize the mistakes they made. Through their own personal recollections, the Ancient Mariner and Hagar both achieved a better understanding of their lives and in turn were able to die with a sense of contentment and relief.
The poem is important to Walton because it is a metaphor for the journey he is on. The albatross is all of the struggles he has overcome and the upcoming troubles he will encounter. He wants to accomplish his goals and go on a wonderful journey. “These are my enticements, and and they are sufficient to conquer all fear of danger or death and to induce me to commence this laborious voyage with the joy a child feels...” (2). He dreams he will conquer these conflicts, which is killing the albatross in the poem. Walton is trying to climb to the top, traveling through ice and snow making a troublesome journey to the top of the hill, his success. “I feel my heart glow with an enthusiasm which elevates me to heaven.” (2). The poem explains his determination to reach his goals, no matter what he has to give up. “What can stop the determined hear and resolved will of a man?” (8).
This poem withholds some of the same ideas that Kasopay explained in her definition of poetry. The “Eagle Poem” talks about changes in perspective in how it says “And know that there is more / That you can 't see, can 't hear; / Can 't know except in moments / Steadily growing…” (lines 4-7). This also kind of ties into the same idea that Marianne was explaining how things can be taught or how advice can be taken. In that quote it seems like the writer was trying to give advice from another perspective. In a way of saying that you can 't always see things in one way; things may change and you may have to adapt. This is a good representation of Marianne 's idea. To tie this poem with Aristocles definition of poetry, I could see that someone who has experienced more in nature and is also religious could perhaps relate to this by how the poem talks so much about different landscapes. You might see on a trip or something, and I say religious because the first line says “to pray” and maybe this whole poem would have a deeper meaning to someone who is very
The first paragraph builds a mental image of the person reading this poem of a vessel that just returned from a long journey with a reward won from an enemy. They are returning home to a harbor filled with family, friends, and random citizens with bells ringing very loudly. Everyone on the harbor has their eyes fixed on the ship. Although, the misfortune of the sea dog who found the Captain’s corpse bleeding, and fallen lifeless. The next passage gives you the sensory of the sailor trying to pull the Captain’s lifeless corpse off the floor as though he’s still convinced the captain is still alive. The flag is flying in the air, the bugles play for him, and the crowd is throwing flowers and ribbon tied wreaths up in the air. The mass of people
The Mariner, for no apparent reason, shoots the innocent, peaceful albatross dead out of the sky. Coleridge addresses the lack of logic in people’s actions and how they must seek penance to face and repent for their sins. The albatross represents human impurity: for unknown reasons, people take something pure and beautiful and destroy it. The albatross represents Jesus Christ; he was pure and sinless but was crucified and condemned. In the same way, the albatross represents innocence and purity and just like Jesus, paid the ultimate price for acts or sins he did not
We all have a purpose here on earth. In this poem it teaches us that we need to treat nature with respect. “For all averred, I had killed the bird”. This is saying the man had killed the bird. It was a very innocent bird. We should leave nature alone. It hasn’t done any harm to you. We all need to realize this.” He who prayeth best, who lovest best both man and bird and beast”. This means that we need to turn to God for help. This will help us out a lot in life. This old man had told this story to the man went home after the story. When he woke up the next day he felt wiser and more sad. Why is this? The reason why I think that the man woke up wiser beasuse he knew something he didn’t know before. His story can be an inspiration to us because we can learn from his mistakes and not make the same
The vulture a feared and rather indifferent animal as seen through the eyes of the sparrow in the poem Still, Citizen Sparrow by Richard Wilbur. The speaker of the poem is trying to express to the sparrow that their preconceptions of the vulture is misled and ill-conceived, the vulture is trying to fit and be accepted but is shunned form so called society in this way Noah and the vulture are one in the same . Wilbur in his poem makes use of striking tone and diction while also implementing a sudden shift of focus to convey the peculiar perspectives.
As the ancient Mariner described his adventures at sea to the Wedding-Guest, the Guest became saddened because he identified his own selfish ways with those of the Mariner. The mariner told the Guest that he and his ship-mates were lucky because at the beginning of their voyage they had good weather. The mariner only saw what was on the surface -- he did not see the good weather as evidence that Someone was guiding them. Also, when he shot the Albatross, the Mariner did not have any reason for doing so. The Albatross did nothing wrong, yet the Mariner thought nothing of it and without thinking of the significance of the act, he killed the bird. At this, the Guest was reminded of how self-absorbed he, too, was, and the sinful nature of man. At the beginning of the poem he was very much intent on arriving at the wedding on time. He did not care at all about what it was that the Mariner had to tell him; he did not want to be detained even if the Mariner was in trouble. Instead, he spoke rudely to the mariner, calling him a "gray-beard loon", and tried to go on his own way.
The diction suggests the high merit of the speaker holds and how they feel respectable. The writer further emphasises how the speaker kills fish and other small animals for his pleasure and stops and says “I see that it is good” (14). This biblical allusion goes back to God admiring his creation of the world and all those that live upon it. He justifies the extent of his actions by comparing it to Gods own actions. His troubled mind causes distress when he has physical, violent power over small animals, and eventually, is bold enough to move onto humans, as the writer ends the poem with “I touch your arm”(24). The writer uses this short statement directed to the readers, to emanate his desire to kill, understand his controlling nature and the danger because he was ignored by