09/29/2016 Western Literature (week3)

09/29/2016 Western Literature (week3)

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※The Face That Launch'd A Thousand Ships

Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,

And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?

Sweet Helen, make me immortal with a kiss.

Her lips suck forth my soul: see where it flies!

Come, Helen, come, give me my soul again.

Here will I dwell, for heaven is in these lips,

And all is dross that is not Helena.

I will be Paris, and for love of thee,

Instead of Troy, shall Wittenberg be sack'd;

And I will combat with weak Menelaus,

And wear thy colours on my plumed crest;

Yea, I will wound Achilles in the heel,

And then return to Helen for a kiss.

O, thou art fairer than the evening air

Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars;

Brighter art thou than flaming Jupiter

When he appear'd to hapless Semele;

More lovely than the monarch of the sky

In wanton Arethusa's azur'd arms;

And none but thou shalt be my paramour!

By Christopher Marlowe

※Samuel Johnson

often referred to as Dr. Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor and lexicographer


※Words

Zero, hero, Nero, heroin

All [I] sound, Not [e]

plague [pleg]

rot [rat]

im-  negative. Impossible.

pan-  all.  panacea, pandemonium, panorama.

dia-  through. diaphanous, diameter.

de- dawn, denoting removal or reversal. defile, delete, demean. 

※Definition

Outrageous: shockingly bad or excessive.

Invocation: the action of invoking something or someone for assistance or as an authority.

Stanza: a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse

Ransom: a sum of money or other payment demanded or paid for the release of a prisoner.

Invulnerable: impossible to harm or damage.

Pad sanitary napkin:

an absorbent pad worn by women to absorb menstrual blood.

bard: a bard was a professional story teller.

Swollen ankle: ankle become larger or rounder in size.

Fire hydrant:  a plug for a fire hose.

Tuberculosis: an infectious bacterial disease characterized by the growth of nodules (tubercles) in the tissues, especially the lungs.

Prefix: a word, letter, or number placed before another.

※ Extra Knowledge

The sun never sets on the British Empire: to describe certain global empires that were so extensive that there was always at least one part of their territory that was in daylight.

dramatic structure
he structure of a dramatic work such as a play or film. 

 by Chang I-Hsin