Religion Essays

Drama dominates our syllabus but the Renaissance was a Golden Age not just for English drama, but also for English poetry. But what was English poetry? George Puttenham’s The Arte of English Poesie (1589) and Sir Philip Sidney’s The Defense of Poesie (1595): early attempts to think about English poetry as a distinct national tradition. […]

One of the most foreign ideas of the Elizabethan period was the restriction on clothing choice based on wealth status. The clothing and accessories worn by people during the Elizabethan era were subject to regulations known as the Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws. These laws were in place to enforce certain behavior and maintain a specific class […]

In times of great significance in a nation’s past, it is imperative that its people resist their adversaries or suffer defeat. This requires influential figures to inspire and motivate their supporters to remain resolute amidst challenging circumstances. In 1588, Queen Elizabeth I rallied her military personnel assembled at Tilbury in anticipation of a Spanish invasion. […]

I have chosen two poems by Sylvia Plath called ‘Blackberrying’ and ‘Mirror’. Plath was a manic depressive most of her life, she was married to Ted Hughes who later became poet laureate, but despite this marriage she claimed never to feel truly loved nor that she could give all her love to one person. She […]

The Victorian era and the early twentieth century romanticized the Elizabethan era. According to the Encyclop? dia Britannica, the reign of Elizabeth I from 1558-1603 was considered England’s Golden Age. It was a time when England, also known as “Merry England,” celebrated life through music, literature, architecture, and adventurous seafaring. This idealized view was embraced […]

The children’s novel ‘45 and 47 Stella Street and everything that happened’ (Honey, 1995) written by Elizabeth Honey is a novel aimed at pre-adolescent girls. However in saying that boys around the same age would also find this book enjoyable. The story is told from the perspective of Hinni who is an 11 year old […]

Elizabeth Jennings’ One Flesh bears the overarching significance of how a relationship will end if it were to lack communication. Through the use of diction in “floatsam” and “wait” to depict the non-progressing, stagnant nature of their relationship, Jennings tells us that communication is vital to fuel a romance, old age causing the relationship to […]

Elizabeth Jennings was a well-educated English woman who worked in publishing and as a librarian. She devoted much of her poetry to spiritual and emotional topics of a personal nature. She explored suffering, relationships, loneliness and religious faith. In this poem, Elizabeth explores the nature of a marriage relationship in old age. It is very […]

Margaret Floy Washburn was born on July 25, 1871 in Harlem, New York City to Rev. Francis and Elizabeth Floy Washburn. She was an only child and did not attend school until the age of seven, although she could read and write long before that. Her first school was private and kept by the Misses […]

The plot of “The King’s Speech” centers on the characters King Bertie (played by Colin Firth), Queen Elizabeth (portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter), and Lionel Logue (played by Geoffrey Rush). The film also includes the King’s daughters and other significant individuals in his life. Unlike typical wartime movies, the main emphasis is on improving the […]

Elizabeth Lucas Pinckney is a colonial planter born in Antigua. Her father was a lieutenant governor who even wanted her be paired to some of the well known child of land owners there. She refuse doing so and marry a man whom she chose to be with for the rest of her life. Marrying a […]

Love is a theme that can be written and expressed in many ways, using many different literary devices, such as metaphors, similes, personification, allusion, etc. The poems, Sonnet 29 written by Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Sonnet 43 written by Elizabeth Barret Browning, are both very different from each other as they both are conveying […]

Tragedy has its origins in Ancient Greek, it was a kind of performance to honor Dionysus. They were performed as competition between three playwrights. Actors who took part in the plays were all man and they all wore masks. They wore masks to impersonate satyrs. According to Aristotle ‘’ Tragedy depicts the downfall of a […]

Since the era of Elizabethan, the popularity of smoking tobacco has been evident. Today, countless individuals are deliberately harming themselves by simply lighting up a paper-wrapped tobacco and inhaling its smoke. Despite such harmful effects, people continue to engage in smoking due to various reasons like personal rights to smoke or abstain, along with substantial […]

William Shakespeare wrote the play ‘Twelfth Night’ to suit his Elizabethan audience, so that is why perhaps there is a lot of confusion in the play, as the Elizabethans loved puzzles. In this time and age we may find it difficult to believe that a woman could be successfully disguised as a man. However in […]

Ispahan carpet is a four stanza poem written by Elizabeth Burge. From the title, you can see the poem is set in an eastern country and this becomes obvious as the poem evolves. The poem is set in a rug making factory, this is suggested by the way the narrator describes how she is with […]

During the Elizabethan era, religion held great significance, with the Roman Catholic Church acquiring immense power and influence throughout the centuries. The content talks about various spiritual beliefs and viewpoints. It notes that followers of Roman Catholicism have faith in Purgatory’s existence, a realm where the soul is purified prior to ascending to Heaven, a […]

The impact of isolation can have both positive and negative effects, depending on the situation. It is important to occasionally take time for solitude in order to mature emotionally and reflect on our thoughts. In a world with a large population, reconnecting with our own needs, goals, beliefs, values, and feelings becomes essential. However, individuals […]

Sonnet 43 was written in secret in Patriarchal style by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It was written in first person with dominant figure of speech anaphora. Expressing the intense love she feels for her husband-to-be, Whereas Sonnet 116 is about love in the most ideal form. It admires people who have got together freely and base […]

Elizabeth I was the princess born to King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. On Sunday, the seventh of September, 1533, the little Princess was born, bringing with her an unforeseen future. Her arrival brought disappointment to her father and turmoil for her mother and followers. For years, Henry’s main goal had been to have a […]

Chastity is a universal call to all individuals, directing our sexual desires and attitudes towards the truth of love. It serves as the basis and driving force for all good actions towards ourselves, our neighbors, and God. Chastity embodies values such as honesty, faith, trust, worship, and knowledge of God. The virtue of chastity is […]

Edward Schillebeeckx and Louis-Marie Chauvet have different approaches to the sacraments, but both provide theological discourse on them. Schillebeeckx’s book “Jesus: the Sacrament of the Encounter of God” offers a personalist understanding of the sacraments. Chauvet, in his book “The Sacraments: The Word of God at the Mercy of the Body,” focuses on the symbolic […]