William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 127 commences the beginning of the so-called Dark Lady cycle. While the description of physical attributes and the imagery related to the Dark Lady certain indicate that these poems are intended to be read as being addressed to an actual figure, it is also clear from the ambivalence that the author feels ...
William Butler Yeat’s poem “No Second Troy” is undoubtedly about Maud Gonne. Yeats met Gonne in 1889 and she quickly became the object of his unwavering affection. She became the heroine and inspiration of his poetry from then on. Yeats was awarded the Noble Prize in Literature in 1923; however he is considered to be ...
The role of women in the Greek myths was much bigger than the role of women in Ancient Greece. In Ancient Greece, meaning all of the Greek city-states such as Sparta, Athena, and many more, a woman’s job was to care for the children, cook and clean unless she had servants or slaves to do ...
William Shakespeares’s “Sonnets 53” has the narrator elevating his beloved to that of the ideal beauty; thus, all beauty is subsequently judged in comparison to him. This poem is perhaps the most Platonic of all of Shakespeare’s sonnets. Plato states that “a higher world of eternal, unchanging Ideas or Forms has always existed. These ideal ...
Continuing my series of articles on legends and myths, let’s now take a look at one that Hollywood brought back into focus a couple of years ago. Let’s examine the legend of Troy and its supposed downfall at the hands of a Trojan Horse. Most children, at some point in their lifetime, become enthralled with ...
Some of us may have curly hair, others may have wavy hair. Whatever your hair type, at one point or another, you want to experience what it is like to have pin-straight hair. Don’t deny it! You’ve seen those models on the cat-walk and wished your hair could be just as straight. Well, which product ...
A wide array of hair styling tools ranging from curling irons to electric curlers to hair straightening appliances are available to help achieve that pristine salon look. I recently purchased the Hot Tools Professional Pressing Comb, Model 1150 manufactured by Helen of Troy and am very pleased. I purchased the Hot Tools Professional Pressing Comb ...
