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Monday, June 20, 2016

Falstaff's Humor in Shakespeare's Henry IV.

Kabu desired of me to write about Henry V, a favourite of hers. I have chosen to write on Sir John Falstaff, appearing in three plays of Shakespeare - Henry IV, Part I and Ii, and a companion to Prince Hal, the future King Henry V. Sir John Falstaff has been regarded as the he greatest humorous... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 17, 2016

Cleopatra as a Character of Infinite Variety

Cleopatra is one classical example of how women can be 'one too many' simultaneously at a time, hammered home by Shakespeare, the master. The prompt of this write has been a mix of Kabu's and RPresta's comments to my yesterday's post. Cleopatra, as portrayed by Shakespeare, is probably the most... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

The Ecstatic Abandon of Shakespeare's Poetry in "Antony and Cleopatra"

The particular glory of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra lies not so much in its dramatic quality, as it does in its poetry. The play is the story of a man (Antony) who would lose his all for a woman (Cleopatra) who would take all. There obviously could be no room for moderation amidst the... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

One Night Windless

Returning from a dank tavern one summer night Tired, I sat beneath a cluster of pine-serrated trees But where have gone all the breeze? Not a whit, or breath, nor whiff of wind blew Strange, I surmised! Why, not even the cawing birds flew? I knew now, one of those sloughs of Despond Hitting me with... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 9, 2016

The Swan-like Soul of the Artist

To which we conform is for us to bare, isolate and hone; ’tis our duty A most sincere journey in discovery, says the great master Shakespeare All the rest that we are not, whatever else we are, for that we are not here The process for the growth of all and sundry is scripted in gay abandon Wit is... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Drunk in the Fount of Psyche,, Voluptas and Delight (A Repeat)

In the days of the old, it so happened that men on earth started paying homage less and less to the temple of Aphrodite; it went increasingly unprayed and its altar uncleaned from neglect. Many a times not even the incense sticks were burned. Venus, the goddess of beauty to the Greeks, as Aphrodite,... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 6, 2016

Lost Love Dream

Come nights, and in my dreary desolate dunes Begins to ring, mysteriously, sweet dulcet tunes! On the distant desert horizon do I descry a beauty chaste Silhouetted amid the starry haze? She knows no haste. Dazzling, unharried and unhurried, she abounds: And swaying daintily, ambles on her lazy... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 3, 2016

An Old One of Mine

AWAKE, Æolian Lyre, Awake “A WAKE, Æolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings, From Helicon's harmonious springs... “ This is the poet Thomas Gray’s (1716 – 1771) Invocation to the Æolian lyre, that is, the lyre of the ancient Greek poet Pindar who lived between the 6 th and 5... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Orpheus and Eurydice (rendition of the story in verse)

The greatest musician ever on earth, Orpheus, played his lyre with such masterly hand Wild beasts tamed, rivers stopped in their flow, trees and mountains followed as his band Nymphs swarmed, utterly charmed, but to Eurydice was he committed in betrothal On the other hand, relentlessly chased by the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

"Ulysses", by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Alfred, Lord Tennyson wrote the poem 'Ulysses' in October 1833, based on the mythical Greek hero, Odysseus, of the famous Trojan War. Tennyson was saddened at the news of the death of his good friend, Arthur Hallam, whom he loved and admired. The poem is a parallel with the theme of ‘leaving’ -- of... Sign in to see full entry.

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Embarking on a journey in spiritual quest is fraught with the dangers of doubt, tension and anxiety, disbeliefs, misgivings, and a whole lot of uncertainties. Still, it is that one most integral aspect of life that humankind can rarely ignore or do without. Scientific minds are at loggerheads with what constitute religious truths; likewise, there are close-minded believers that give no credence to scientific facts. What I intend and invite you to discuss here is an intelligent amalgamation of the two seemingly diabolically opposite understandings: whether there exists an interrelationship that can help man to evolve and bloom like the perennial lily?

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