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How does 'The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's Poetry' explore desire? |
'imagines not only that desire is a disease, but also that it is highly contagious... ' the speaker is enmeshed, and uses the striking image of a psychomachia, in which angels and devils battle for a soul, to depict the two different erotic pulls he feels.' |
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How does Don Patterson explain the poem's attitude of women? |
'a corrupting influence, a destroyer of noble and pure love...' |
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What do the angels represent, according to 'The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Poetry'? |
1. 'the bad angel is a female, representing the relationship we would term heterosexual' 2. 'the good angel is a male, and exemplary of same-sex love.' |
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What is the conflict of the poem? |
'a spiritual battle in hell between the pure spirit and the rotten flesh, but the poem doesn't discharge this conceit...in a consistent or convincing fashion.' (Patterson) |
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What is its place in the cycle? |
Part of the DL sequence, but it brings the DL and the YM together - returns to the themes discussed when addressing both subjects |
