Eve's Apology

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″Eve’s Apology in Defense of Women″ Emilia Lanier is the famous English woman, who, in fact, declared women's right to professional poetry. In 1611, at the age of forty-two years, Lanier has published a book of poems "Hail God, king of the Jews." (Atkins) This book reflected her independent position as the author and proclaimed the significant role of woman as a member of society. She declared the universal principles of gender equality that are considered to occur several centuries later. In order to understand the ideas proclaimed by Lanier better, it is necessary to analyze her well-known poetry such as ″Eve's apology in defense of women″. (Thompson 121) This piece of art is aimed at showing the women′s rights to self-development or personal …show more content…
The language style used by the author is similar to the one of Shakespeare, therefore it is important to discuss indirect images that are referred to throughout the poem. (Paul 14) Moreover some terms are impossible to understand without historical background and general context. That is why we should focus on finding immediate meanings of the parts of the poem and then combine our conclusions into single picture that reflects the thoughts and beliefs articulated by Lanier. Moreover it is important to pay attention to relevancy of her ideas to modern life. Keeping specific historical conditions constantly in mind, the content of two poems shall be discussed simultaneously due to the fact that these works are rather interrelated. In process of analysis we shall refer to other academic sources in order to back up of deny our initial …show more content…
This work is considered to be the author′s manifest of the authority and experience of women. The structure of the work reflects the main ideas. The literature devices such as metaphors, synecdoche, and irony help to present the argumentation life. The wife of Bath is contrasted to her scholar husband. This work was published as the prologue in Chaucer′s Canterbury Tales (1386-1400). (Chosser 10) The life of Bath tells about her life and experience in the prologue. She proclaims that the experience should be rated higher than the authority. She has been married for five times and became an expert of the field of personal relationships. She tries to defend her opinion that having many husbands is normal practice despite the critics of society. (Chosser 85)Then the wife of Bath describes how she managed to get ″sovereignty″ over her husbands by using
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