Lady Mary Wroth

Lady Mary Wroth was an exceptional poet of the sixteenth century who wrote passionately about relationships between women and men. Wroth was unlike women of her time, because she had a formal education whereas many other women did not have this opportunity. This advantageous educational opportunity allowed Wroth to develop her literary skills beyond many poets of her time. Due to Wroth’s writing about relationships that seemed to resemble real-life relationships, some people of her time heavily criticized her for slander and falsely describing relationships. Wroth’s passionate descriptions of her relationships allow women readers to relate to her writing more than men would; however, because Wroth was a woman, it allowed her to reach levels of writing that men could not attain. Surprisingly, Wroth wrote many poems describing the negativity of love, which is typically the opposite of what one would expect a woman to write. Wroth’s different…

John Donne and Lady Mary Wroth are two popular and controversial poets from the early seventeenth century. Donne often wrote sensuous and spiritual poetry, while Wroth had written Petrarchan (in nature) sonnets concerning love from a woman’s (practically unheard of for that time) perspective. In both Donne’s “A Valediction: forbidding Mourning” and Wroth’s “Sonnet 22” (in the sonnet sequence Pamphilia to Amphilanthus) the issue of separation between lovers is explored by means of nature,…

In Lady Mary Wroth’s “In this Strange Labyrinth,” the speaker, on a denotative level, addresses her concerns about where to turn in a maze, but on a connotative level the speaker is conflicted with decisions in his life. The speaker struggles, but follows her heart in the end. Similarly, in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet is the most intellectual among her sisters and she enjoys walking, even alone, both of which oppose the standards for a woman in Georgian society. Elizabeth…

Lady Mary Wroth, “Sonnet 9” explores the profound impact of the patriarchal and religious control over people, specifically women’s personal lives and desires in Elizabethan England. It highlighted gender inequality in love and marriage, as social pressures were on women to confirm to the existing patriarchal model of society. The speaker used the words pleasure in “Bee you all pleas’d, your pleasure grieve not me” to highlight the wealth and power that the patriarchal and religious system…

In Shakespeare 's sonnet "Sonnet CXXX," the blazon is constructed in a very peculiar way. Mary Wroth, in sonnet 42 "Pamphilia to Amphilanthus," interprets the blazon within herself rather than her love. Both uses of the blazon depict a time in which love is of the essence. However, in both sonnets, the person in which they are describing is forever unknown. Shakespeare attacks the blazon of his sonnet and creates an anti-blazon, while both sonnets are still in singular perspectives. In…

The Garden of Gatsby Flower imagery is a popular trend in literature. The symbolism and imagery of flowers are greatly important to the themes and characters of The Great Gatsby. Elements of wealth, secrecy, and dying dreams are all represented by flower imagery in this novel. Symbolism of a rose majorly defines Nick Carraway. Daisy says, “I love to see you at my table, Nick. You remind me of a – of a rose, an absolute rose. Doesn't he?” She turned to Miss Baker for confirmation: “An absolute…

"Come on now, Berwyn", the nurse says with the plate of food. "No...I'm not hungry", Berwyn mumbles as he turns down the food. "Come on Berwyn, you always use to eat your food, what do I have to do to make you eat?", the nurse says, looking at Berwyn concerned. Berwyn tears up. "I want friends back", he whispers. The nurse smiles. "But you have friends", she answers. "No, friends I did had...Mick and Carlson. Why did they leave?", Berwyn asks. The nurse looked at Berwyn and hugged him. "I'm…

“My next choice is my guard, Aber Tawy’s First Knight, Sir Maxen.” He moved to the front of the crowd and caught the fabric in his hand once it reached his hand. He and Audra acknowledged one another with a nod, but nothing more. “As for my third selection, I choose John as a my champion.” Several men glanced at one another, since John was such a popular name, so Audra clarified by pointing, and young John, pride shining in his light eyes, stepped forward and bowed. “I shall win for you today,…

to Istanbul. Accompanying him on the journey was his wife Mary, who would eventually become one of the most influential women in 18th century Europe. Montagu is a divisive figure due to her commentary on such polarizing subjects as early feminist theory and her role as a potential boundary-crosser; she aspired to be both a part of and apart from the cultures she experienced. The collected personal correspondence of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu…

that Induced Dr. S[wift] to Write a Poem Called the Lady’s Dressing Room”. This work is a reply to Jonathan Swift’s “The Lady’s Dressing Room”, which describes his experience in a Lady’s dressing room. It goes on to describe a woman as some horrid animal, and this experience ruins women for Swift completely. The writing of this poem is in such a negative slander and shows the ugliness of women in Swift’s eyes. He even states “such gaudy tulips raised from Dung” (line 145), explaining that he…