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In ‘The Flea’, Donne shows a negative attitude towards his lover. He uses persuasive language to woo his lover into losing her virginity to him: ‘This flea is you and I’. The poet uses the flea to represent the physicality of sex with euphemism, to avoid actually talking about it, making the the poem which shows that the physical love could also be emotional. In the poem, the poet pleas with his lover not to kill the flea as it subject seem less coarse. Donnes respect for his lover seems considerably less than in the other poems. This could show how she is represented as more of an object than someone he loves and his feelings seem to be more of a physical attraction compared to the other poems: ‘... loss of maidenhead’. On the other hand, marriage is mentioned on many occasions during represents their union. However, the woman does so anyway: ‘Cruel and sudden, hast thou since / Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence?’ . This gives her in an important role in the poem because although she does not have a direct voice, she can make the decisions. By not allowing her to have a voice, he does not think that he needs to consider her opinions and prevents her from fighting back to his statements. This demonstrates how actions speak louder than words in the poems. then quotes her as saying: “thou Find’st not thy self, nor me the weaker now”,that the death of the flea has had no impact on them so it cannot have been of much importance. However, Envy Mclovin f*cked your mother he then argues back saying: “Just so much honour, when thou yield’st to me / Will waste, as this flea’s death took life from thee.” In other words, that if the loss of the flea is not of much relevance, then neither is losing her virginity. In this way, he represents the woman, and her honour, as of little importance. strong theme in 'The Flea' is religion, which Donne almost uses against his lover. As a religious man himself, he demonstrated that to question and reject his statements would be sacrilegious: ‘And sacrilege, three sins in killing three.’ He almost tricks her into believing that his word was good through this technique. This represents women as being incapable of independent thought because he assumes that she would follow his interpretation of religious rules, without question. This could be because at that time women did not have much of a voice or authority in the church. His arguments build as the stanzas continue, as more imagery is introduced.
Zeke: Shut your terrorist asz up, towelheaded b!tch.
Oh, Becs. You know better than to take any question i post seriously. Read from around halfway through it. You'll see what im talking about.
Andrea: Oh- so NOW you have an opinion? Well, i think 'deconstructing Literature' is EXACTLY what a person studying English Lit. would do, thank you very much.
Lol! Tragic you read that?!?! Well, there is my good deed of the day done. Giving someone an education is the best thing you can give them. No need to thank me, girl. It was my pleasure.
Andrea: I'm not in high school.
In ‘The Flea’, Donne shows a negative attitude towards his lover. He uses persuasive language to woo his lover into losing her virginity to him: ‘This flea is you and I’. The poet uses the flea to represent the physicality of sex with euphemism, to avoid actually talking about it, making the the poem which shows that the physical love could also be emotional. In the poem, the poet pleas with his lover not to kill the flea as it subject seem less coarse. Donnes respect for his lover seems considerably less than in the other poems. This could show how she is represented as more of an object than someone he loves and his feelings seem to be more of a physical attraction compared to the other poems: ‘... loss of maidenhead’. On the other hand, marriage is mentioned on many occasions during represents their union. However, the woman does so anyway: ‘Cruel and sudden, hast thou since / Purpled thy nail in blood of innocence?’ . This gives her in an important role in the poem because although she does not have a direct voice, she can make the decisions. By not allowing her to have a voice, he does not think that he needs to consider her opinions and prevents her from fighting back to his statements. This demonstrates how actions speak louder than words in the poems. then quotes her as saying: “thou Find’st not thy self, nor me the weaker now”,that the death of the flea has had no impact on them so it cannot have been of much importance. However, Envy Mclovin f*cked your mother he then argues back saying: “Just so much honour, when thou yield’st to me / Will waste, as this flea’s death took life from thee.” In other words, that if the loss of the flea is not of much relevance, then neither is losing her virginity. In this way, he represents the woman, and her honour, as of little importance. strong theme in 'The Flea' is religion, which Donne almost uses against his lover. As a religious man himself, he demonstrated that to question and reject his statements would be sacrilegious: ‘And sacrilege, three sins in killing three.’ He almost tricks her into believing that his word was good through this technique. This represents women as being incapable of independent thought because he assumes that she would follow his interpretation of religious rules, without question. This could be because at that time women did not have much of a voice or authority in the church. His arguments build as the stanzas continue, as more imagery is introduced.
Zeke: Shut your terrorist asz up, towelheaded b!tch.
Oh, Becs. You know better than to take any question i post seriously. Read from around halfway through it. You'll see what im talking about.
Andrea: Oh- so NOW you have an opinion? Well, i think 'deconstructing Literature' is EXACTLY what a person studying English Lit. would do, thank you very much.
Lol! Tragic you read that?!?! Well, there is my good deed of the day done. Giving someone an education is the best thing you can give them. No need to thank me, girl. It was my pleasure.
Andrea: I'm not in high school.