Talking about Dante and Boccaccio is , maybe , the most complex thing to do , in one sitting. Their differences and similarities are so obvious in some way but also , in other way , are so vague. If you want to do their comparing and contrasting , you should consider of doing a deep research because with the every source you look up , you find another interesting points.
Their aspects are seperated from each other . Their not also aspects but also writing styles , lifes and thoughts toward the events they live , show some differences. For example ; both used Italian vulgar tongue in their works in the world of 14th century that writing language is Latin. Except this , they may have many contrasts but especially I want to talk about their different aspects for love.
Their family lifes and high likings for literature seem , can be said , virtually equal . When it comes to love , they both deeply affected by the women that they fall in love . They even write some pieces dedicated to them , and their love also impressed their other works.
Beatrice is a girl that Dante falls in love when he was nine and she was eight. Dante falls in love with her at first sight but they first get in touch after nine years . That day , he falls a sleep and has a dream about her that also makes a big influence on his work , La Vita Nuova. He sees her as a divine beauty and the symbol of purity. Her first greeting to him also takes a big place as following paragraphs ;
When exactly nine years had passed since this gracious being appeared to me, as I have described, it happened that on the last day of this intervening period this marvel appeared before me again, dressed in purest white, walking between two other women of distinguished bearing, both o...
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...ut their love life and the effects of it on their life and , especially , works. I think that is the works of the writer , which represents his natural thoughts and feelings . He can keep his feelings between the lines , he doesn’t have to show it directly but at least he may have talked about it .
As a conclusion , the ideas of any two person , can show some resemblances in some way but at the end it shows the contrast , because each one’s own life , love , style and the circumstances they get through , are different from each other and also their effects.
Love is not a thing to underestimate , it isn’t matter what others say , it is you who is to make the decision . Because it is once or twice that you find your soul , ideas and the same feelings with you , in another one’s. As Aristotle says ; ‘’ Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. ‘’
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was a Renaissance poet and playwright who wrote and published the original versions of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language, and often called England’s national poet. Several of his works became extremely well known, thoroughly studied, and enjoyed all over the world. One of Shakespeare’s most prominent plays is titled The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. In this tragedy, the concept that is discussed and portrayed through the characters is love, as they are recognized as being “in love”.
Finally, the last similarity was being great at writing. Both authors were able to show strong
Obviously, Robert Browning’s two texts, Duchess, and Porphyria’s Lover can be compared and contrasted. They can be similar because speakers in the texts killed their women, they both had mental issues, and they were both jealous for one reason or another. Also, the speakers in the texts were different because the speaker in Duchess wanted to replace his wife, while the speaker in Lover didn’t. The Speaker in Duchess was also very rich, and the speaker in Lover was not. Lastly, the speaker in Duchess committed premeditative murder, while the speaker in Lover just murdered his girl.
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end. This essay will further show how both stories shared similar endings, while at the same time
Finally, even though, for a long time, the roles of woman in a relationship have been established to be what I already explained, we see that these two protagonists broke that conception and established new ways of behaving in them. One did it by having an affair with another man and expressing freely her sexuality and the other by breaking free from the prison her marriage represented and discovering her true self. The idea that unites the both is that, in their own way, they defied many beliefs and started a new way of thinking and a new perception of life, love and relationships.
Virgil represented Dante and his humanity, that he still has sin that is holding him back, and when he must stay behind it shows Dante’s change. Virgil is stuck in hell, not able to move past the sin from his life on earth, like how Dante was at the beginning of the novel. When Dante crosses the river to Beatrice the reader is shown how Dante is leaving his sin behind him and is changing into something greater. The reader can tell that he is being transformed because the guides teach him different aspects that needed to be changed. When a person is changing, he must realize his past, which is what Virgil is teaching him, and then how to use this change for the better, which is what Beatrice is teaching him. They each represent the two stages of Dante’s transformation; Virgil showing Dante the effects of sin and Beatrice helping Dante learn and see the truth in purity. Dante the poet also want the readers to realize with this change that Dante in the novel has overcome his sin. When Virgil leaves him in the hands of Beatrice he is confident that he has done his part, that Dante is freed from his temptation, and he is confident that now Dante can follow his heart and not let it lead him to sin. When Dante follows Beatrice, the reader knows that his selfish ways have been wiped away, that Virgil and Beatrice know that Dante is on his way to holiness. The different things the guides teach Dante highlight this change. Virgil taught Dante more about the effects of his lifestyle now, that if he did not change he will be crushed by his sin in the afterlife. The Dante that was with Virgil was very proud and cared too much for the sinners in hell, and Virgil needed to show him how wrong he is being. When Dante meets Beatrice, we can see the change Dante has made, that he is less caught up with himself and sees the effects of his actions. Beatrice reprimands Dante,
“Compare the ways in which the authors of the two texts convey ideas about art through their central characters?
works of literature have tremendous amounts of similarity especially in the characters. Each character is usually unique and symbolizes the quality of a person in the real world. But in both stories, each character was alike, they represented honor, loyalty, chivalry, strength and wisdom. Each character is faced with a difficult decision as well as a journey in which they have to determine how to save their own lives. Both these pieces of literatures are exquisite and extremely interesting in their own ways.
La Vita Nuova is a collection of poetry and prose describing Dante’s love for Beatrice Portinari. Though both Dante and Beatrice married others during the time chronicled in La Vita Nuova, the love he professes for her is pure and all consuming. Indeed, for Dante, Beatrice represents absolute beauty and nobility of spirit. He refers to her as his “most gracious lady,” and she comes to represent the most perfect object of love.
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