Chaucer adds to this feeling by having readers take on a first-person view into the amazement that the two knights feel when they see Emily: "Emilie, that fairer was to see Than is the lily upon his stalk green, And fresher than the May with flowers new, (For with the rose colour strove her hue, I know not which is finer of them two.)" (Chaucer) It is actually intriguing to observe how Chaucer goes beyond describing Emily as a beautiful woman, as he goes at showing her as having an almost unnatural beauty
"I told him how much I should love to travel abroad like other young wives; I tried tears and entreaties with him; I told him that he ought to remember the condition I was in, and that he ought to be kind and indulgent to me; I even hinted that he might raise a loan." (Ibsen) The only reason why Nora resorted to forging a signature was the fact that Torvald could not accept having to be put in a vulnerable position (from a social point-of-view)
Roman army had to get into war in order to have the chance to tame the influence of Hannibal. With Carthage entrusting their future into the hands of a great warrior, and on the other side the Romans having support of a courageous group of people, the second Punic war was inevitable (Morey W.C., 1901)
By 203 BC Hannibal's forces were forced to retreat from Italy and concentrate on defending their hold on North Africa. The massive loss that the Hannibal army suffered in the second Punic War effectively marked the end of the Carthage empire and leaving Rome in control of Spain with the Carthage retaining its control only in North Africa (Tufts University, n
The painting thus blurs the concept of sea, land and fog in a way that gives the work the ability to raise various interpretations among viewers. That the work is Romantic, however, is without doubt, as the style is thoroughly consistent with the idea of individualism, nature, emotion and the grandeur of thought (Johnson, 2003; Koerner, 2009)
These three things help create story and meaning to the spiritual depictions in Roman art. (Metmuseum.org)
The number three represents a symbol of spirituality in the painting with the one being the man. (Odysseus.culture.gr) One child holds the sacrifice while the other two children hold musical instruments
The concept of threes here suggest connection to the divine and of balance. (Sandrashaw.com)
A priestess is nearby and so is Silenus, friend of Bacchus. A satyr is also present and plays music for the ceremony, while a nymph represents the Arcadian innocence of the rite by nursing at the nipple of a goat, and nude boy reads from a scroll, indicating perhaps that he is of divine origin as well (Jackson, n
There is an element of reluctance, like that of a virginal bride about to be wed to a man she does not know. After this scene, the initiate disappears until several scenes later in the mural when she reappears and is altogether transformed -- serene and beautiful, alive with the spirit of the god (Kerenyi, 1996)
Vesuvius, where the vacationing Roman elite would gather for relaxation and relief from the city. If the common soldier or legionary "had to be a Roman citizen" (Spielvogel, 2012, p