Four Tones: sincere, benevolent, sarcastic, ironic
bene- :
good,well
Examples: beneficial, benevolent, benefactor and so on.
mal- : bad, ill, wrong
Examples: malevolent, malicious gossip, malignant tumor
and so on.
ad- :toward, to
Examples: adequate,
adversity, advocate and so on.
dis- : apart, away, to the opposite
Examples: digression,
disappear, disease and so on.
se- : apart from
Examples: separate, segregation, secede and so on.
Cupid (Eros)
In classical mythology, Cupid (Latin Cupido, meaning
"desire") is the god of desire, erotic
love, attraction and affection. He is often portrayed as the son of
the love goddess Venus and
the war god Mars, and is known in Latin also as Amor ("Love"). His Greek counterpart is Eros.
Although Eros is in Classical Greek art as
a slender winged youth, during the Hellenistic period,
he was increasingly portrayed as a chubby boy. During this time, his iconography
acquired the bow and arrow that represent his source of power: a
person, or even a deity, who is shot by Cupid's arrow is filled with
uncontrollable desire. In myths, Cupid is a minor character who serves mostly
to set the plot in motion. He is a main character only in the tale of Cupid and Psyche, when wounded by his own
weapons he experiences the ordeal of love. Although other extended stories are
not told about him, his tradition is rich in poetic themes and visual
scenarios, such as "Love conquers all" and the retaliatory punishment
or torture of Cupid.
Cupid and Psyche
Cupid and Psyche is a story originally from Metamorphoses (also called The Golden Ass), written in the 2nd
century AD by Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis
(or Platonicus). It concerns the
overcoming of obstacles to the love between Psyche (/ˈsaɪkiː/, Greek: Ψυχή, "Soul"
or "Breath of Life") and Cupid (Latin Cupido, "Desire") or Amor
("Love", Greek Eros ’′Ερως), and their ultimate union in a sacred marriage. Although the only extended
narrative from antiquity is that of Apuleius, Eros and Psyche
appear in Greek art as
early as the 4th century BC. The story's Neoplatonic elements
and allusions to mystery religions accommodate multiple interpretations, and it has been analyzed as an allegory and
in light of folktale, Märchen or fairy tale, and myth.
Since the rediscovery of Apuleius's novel in the Renaissance, the reception of Cupid and Psyche in the classical tradition has been extensive. The story has been
retold in poetry, drama, and opera, and depicted widely in painting, sculpture,
and even wallpaper. Psyche's
Roman name through direct translation is Anima.
When I Was One-and-Twenty
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When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say,
“Give crowns and pounds and guineas
But not your heart away;
Give pearls away and rubies
But keep your fancy free.”
But I was one-and-twenty,
No use to talk to me.
When I was one-and-twenty
I heard him say again,
“The heart out of the bosom
Was never given in vain;
’Tis paid with sighs a plenty
And sold for endless rue.”
And I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, ’tis true, ’tis
true.
Source: Father: An Anthology of Verse (EP Dutton & Company, 1931)
Samuel Johnson
Samuel
Johnson (18 September 1709 [O.S. 7
September] – 13 December 1784), 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. Johnson was a devout Anglican and committed Tory, and is described by the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as "arguably the most
distinguished man of letters in English history".[1] He is also the subject of perhaps the
most famous biography in English literature, namely The Life of Samuel Johnson by James
Boswell.
King James Version
The King James
Version (KJV), also
known as the Authorized
Version (AV) or the King James Bible (KJB), is an English
translation of the
Christian Bible for the Church of England begun in 1604 and completed in 1611. The books
of the King James Version include
the 39 books of the Old Testament, an intertestamental
section containing 14
books of the Apocrypha,
and the 27 books of the New Testament.
It was first printed by the King's Printer Robert Barker and was the third translation into
English approved by the English Church authorities. The first had been the Great Bible, commissioned in the reign of King Henry VIII (1535), and the second had been the Bishops' Bible of 1568. In January 1604, James VI and I convened the Hampton Court
Conference, where a new English version was conceived in response to
the problems of the earlier translations perceived by the Puritans, a faction of the Church of England. The translation is noted for its
"majesty of style", and has been described as one of the most
important books in English culture.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre is a novel by English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published on 16 October 1847, by Smith, Elder &
Co. of London, England, under the pen name "Currer
Bell." The first American edition was published the following year by Harper & Brothers of New York.
Primarily of the Bildungsroman genre, Jane
Eyre follows the emotions and
experiences of its eponymous heroine, including her growth to adulthood and her love for Mr.
Rochester, the Byronic master of fictitious Thornfield Hall.
In its internalisation of the action—the focus is on the gradual unfolding of
Jane's moral and spiritual sensibility, and all the events are coloured by a
heightened intensity that was previously the domain of poetry—Jane Eyre revolutionised the art of fiction.
Charlotte Brontë has been called the 'first historian of the private
consciousness' and the literary ancestor of writers like Joyce and Proust. The novel contains elements of social criticism,
with a strong sense of morality at its core, but is nonetheless a novel many
consider ahead of its time given the individualistic character of Jane and the
novel's exploration of classism, sexuality, religion, and proto-feminism.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering
Heights is Emily Brontë's only novel. Written between October 1845 and
June 1846, Wuthering
Heights was published in 1847 under the
pseudonym "Ellis Bell"; Brontë died the following year, aged 30. Wuthering Heights and Anne Brontë's Agnes Grey were accepted by publisher Thomas
Newby before the success of their sister Charlotte's novel, Jane Eyre. After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the
manuscript of Wuthering
Heights, and arranged for the edited version to be
published as a posthumous second edition in 1850.
Noah Webster
Noah Webster, Jr. (October
16, 1758 – May 28, 1843) was an American lexicographer, textbook pioneer, English-language
spelling reformer, political writer, editor, and prolific author. He
has been called the "Father of American Scholarship and Education".
His blue-backed speller books taught five generations of American children how
to spell and read, secularizing their education. According to
Ellis (1979), he gave Americans "a secular catechism to
the nation-state."
Webster's name has become synonymous with "dictionary"
in the United States, especially the modern Merriam-Webster dictionary that was first published in
1828 as An American Dictionary
of the English Language.
Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster, Incorporated, is an American
company that publishes reference books, especially dictionaries.
In 1831, George and Charles Merriam founded the company as G & C Merriam Co. in Springfield,
Massachusetts. In 1843, after Noah Webster died,
the company bought the rights to An American Dictionary
of the English Language from
Webster's estate. All Merriam-Webster dictionaries trace their lineage to this
source.
In 1964, Encyclopædia
Britannica, Inc., acquired Merriam-Webster, Inc., as a subsidiary.
The company adopted its current name in 1982.
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