ep 29, 2009
In the "Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh the writer is addressing the desires of the young and naive shepherd from Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love". The shepherd describes all of the fanciful and unrealistic things that he will provide for his love, hoping that his feelings do not go requited and he presents abstract ideas of the life that the two will lead although his occupation and overall position in life would prove these ideas to be unrealistic. Although we as readers see that this shepherd is only a naive and simple minded individual, his short-lived love for the one he is addressing shows that he is willing to dedicate himself to the happiness and well being of his lover. Unfortunately, in the reply by the nymph, the nymph see's through the romantic concepts the shepherd presents and allows reality to come into view. She explains that though the idea of their love being everlasting is appealing, it cannot surmount the obstacles that will come their way. With time the love that the shepherd is perceived to have will fail and life will not be the fairytale the shepherd is describing. She knows that his naive love is not something that will stabilize the relationship on any level, not financially nor for a long period of time, and she explains that if the world was naive and filled with rainbows as the shepherd has described it, this love would be plausible but its time to wake up. The couple had the ideas of love and happiness, but lacked the foundation. The nymph sees that love is not enough and that once this passion dies, their relationship will ultimately fail.
ep 29, 2009In the "Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" by Sir Walter Raleigh the writer is addressing the desires of the young and naive shepherd from Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love". The shepherd describes all of the fanciful and unrealistic things that he will provide for his love, hoping that his feelings do not go requited and he presents abstract ideas of the life that the two will lead although his occupation and overall position in life would prove these ideas to be unrealistic. Although we as readers see that this shepherd is only a naive and simple minded individual, his short-lived love for the one he is addressing shows that he is willing to dedicate himself to the happiness and well being of his lover. Unfortunately, in the reply by the nymph, the nymph see's through the romantic concepts the shepherd presents and allows reality to come into view. She explains that though the idea of their love being everlasting is appealing, it cannot surmount the obstacles that will come their way. With time the love that the shepherd is perceived to have will fail and life will not be the fairytale the shepherd is describing. She knows that his naive love is not something that will stabilize the relationship on any level, not financially nor for a long period of time, and she explains that if the world was naive and filled with rainbows as the shepherd has described it, this love would be plausible but its time to wake up. The couple had the ideas of love and happiness, but lacked the foundation. The nymph sees that love is not enough and that once this passion dies, their relationship will ultimately fail.
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