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Seduction in Christopher Marlowe's 'Hero and Leander' and William Shakespeare's 'Venus and Adonis'

Name: Seduction in Christopher Marlowe's 'Hero and Leander' and William Shakespeare's 'Venus and Adonis'
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Author: Stephanie Schnabel
ISBN: 978-3-638-46576-2

Essay, 2005

7 Pages, Grade: 68 von 80 (Grade B)

Stephanie Schnabel (Author)

Abstract or Introduction

Dieses Essay beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema der Verführung in zwei Gedichten der englischen Renaissance, die anhand dieser Thematik kontrastiv verglichen werden. Es handelt sich um Shakespeares "Venus and Adonis" and Marlowes "Hero and Leander", die auf verschiedene Art und Weise ein potentielles Liebespaar beschreiben. Nach einer kurzen Einordnung in die Literatur der Zeit erfolgt dann die Analyse der beiden Gedichte.

This essay deals with the theme of seduction in two poems of the English Renaissance (namely Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis" and Marlowe's "Hero and Leander"), which are compared with each other to point out not only similarities but also differences in the way this topic is treated by the poets. After a short introduction to love poems in the English Renaissance the two poems are analysed in depth.

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Title: Seduction in Christopher Marlowe's 'Hero and Leander' and William Shakespeare's 'Venus and Adonis'
College: Anglia Ruskin University (English Department)
Course: Poetry from Marlowe to Milton
Grade: 68 von 80 (Grade B)
Author: Stephanie Schnabel (Author)
Year: 2005
Pages: 7
Catalog Number: V50336
ISBN (eBook): 9783638465762
File size: 408 KB
Language: English
Notes: This essay was written in an module about early modern poetry while I spent one semester as an Erasmus Exchange Student in Cambridge. It considers the contemporary practice of love and seduction in poetry to focus finally on two selected poems by Marlowe and Shakespeare.
Keywords: Seduction, Christopher, Marlowe, Hero, Leander, William, Shakespeare, Venus, Adonis, Poetry, Marlowe, Milton

Quote paper: Stephanie Schnabel (Author), 2005, Seduction in Christopher Marlowe's 'Hero and Leander' and William Shakespeare's 'Venus and Adonis', Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/50336