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The Puritan movement stood for liberty of the people from the shackles of the despotic ruler as well as the introduction of morality and high ideals in politics. Thus it had two objects – personal righteousness and civil and religious liberty. It aimed at making men honest and free .Milton and Cromwell were the real champions of liberty and stood for toleration.
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The Puritan drama :after Shakespeare the drama in England suffered a decline during the reigns of James I and Charles I ,the height reached by Shakespeare could not be kept by later dramatists .The Restoration drama :In 1642 the theaters were closed by the authority of the Parliament which was dominated by Puritans and so no good plays were written from 1642 till the Restoration .
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I disagree with him ,because the women aren't inferior to men.
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In the form of a serpent, he talks to Eve and compliments her on her beauty and godliness. She is amazed to find an animal that can speak. She asks how he learned to speak, and he tells her that it was by eating from the Tree of Knowledge. He tells Eve that God actually wants her and Adam to eat from the tree, and that his order is merely a test of their courage. She is hesitant at first but then reaches for a fruit from the Tree of Knowledge and eats. She becomes distraught and searches for Adam. Adam has been busy making a wreath of flowers for Eve. When Eve finds Adam, he drops the wreath and is horrified to find that Eve has eaten from the forbidden tree. Knowing that she has fallen, he decides that he would rather be fallen with her than remain pure and lose her. So he eats from the fruit as well. Adam looks at Eve in a new way, and together they turn to lust. God immediately knows of their disobedience. He tells the angels in Heaven that Adam and Eva must be punished, but with a display of both justice and mercy.
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As the common people still under the influence of Puritanism had no love for the theatres, the dramatists had to cater to the taste of aristocratic class which was highly fashionable, frivolous, cynical and sophisticated. The Restoration Drama was confined to the upper strata of society whose taste was aristocratic.
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Theme: -the short-lived nature of life, the fleeting passage of time. -like the flowers we humans have a very short life in this world. -beauty is not going to stay forever.
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Milton's views on marriage are mainstream today, but they were viewed as shocking and heretical in his own time. Milton was a pioneer for the right of divorce in an age when divorce was prohibited by nearly all denominations. He felt that conversation and mental companionship were supremely important in a marriage, and admits that his first marriage might have failed due to a lack in this regard. He also argued that the partners in a marriage must complement each other. His portrayal of Adam and Eve after the fall is a vivid example of his belief that two people can complement each other, smoothing out one another's faults and enhancing each others' strengths.
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In the poet, TO Daffodils; Robert Herrick begins by saying that we ’, To Daffodils In his poem ‘grieve to see the beautiful daffodils being wasted away very quickly. The duration of their gloom is so short that it seems even the rising sun still hasn’t reached the noon-time. Thus, in the very beginning the poet has struck a note of mourning at the fast dying of daffodils.The poet then addresses the daffodils and asks them to stay until the clay ends with the evening prayer. After praying together ha says that they will also accompany the daffodils this is so because like flowers men too have a very transient life and even the youth is also very short-lived.
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Ventidius strongly believes that Cleopatra had been responsible for the ruin of Antony.Ventidius says that Cleopatra has put golden chains around Antony and has made him a slave to her love,thus robbing him of his manliness. Ventidius deplores Cleopatra’s demoralizing influence on Antony who seems to have lost all his heroism and valor. Alexas,in reply,says that one of Antony’s excellent qualities is his loyalty to the woman who loves him.
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Antony loves Cleopatra beyond life, beyond conquests, and beyond empire she has put golden chains around Antony and has made him a slave to her love, Octavia says that Cleopatra is responsible for all her sufferings, she had grown jealous of his love for her (Cleopatra).
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As queen of ancient Egypt, Cleopatra is one of the most famous female rulers in history. The stories surrounding Cleopatra's tragic life inspired a Shakespeare play.
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My attitude towards Cleopatra , I think I'll do the same as Octavia . She try to keep her husband and daughters safe . And he chose me before her because he love me first.. So Cleopatra should have some self-esteem.
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The short lived nature of life ,the fleeting passage of time. Like the flowers we humans have a very short life in this world. Beauty isn't going to stay forever.
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The end of All For Love it's sad and tragic. and Dryden gave to his play a sub-title which is THE WORLD WELL LOST. The sub- title means that Antony did well to sacrifice his empire for the sake of his love for Cleopatra, and that Cleopatra did well to sacrifice her kingdom and her life for the sake of her love for Antony. ALL FOR LOVE is a historical play. Dryden depended on Shakespeare's play ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA.