In a way, Marlowe's Dr. Faustus is both an epitome and a subversion of the Renaissance Man. Having broken free of the medieval rule of theology, he unleashed curiosity and wanted to learn more about the world. Dogma is still strong, but the urges and impulses to challenge it are even stronger. Just like protestants challenged traditional Catholic dogma, and Calvinists challenged Lutherans with the idea of predestination, Dr. Faustus challenges traditional human aspiration to be good, do good, and end up in heaven as a reward. He turns this notion upside down, presuming that there is no way he would be able to end up in heaven.
So, Dr. Faustus is an embodiment of curiosity gone wild. His blase attitude towards humanistic science is, however, some kind of a scientific decadence: he casts away philosophy and law, to embrace magic, as a relic of medieval obsession over mysticism. In this regard, he is a subversion of the Renaissance Man. He thinks he has already learned all there was to learn about this world, so now he yearns for another kind of knowledge - esoteric, otherworldly, knowledge that isn't exactly a knowledge because you don't have to study long and hard for it, you just have to sell your soul to Lucifer.
The Renaissance was torn between two concepts: of a scholar, turned to nature, the globe, the world, and of a religious person who still can't come to terms with the God and the church. Dr. Faustus transcends both of these concepts: he is a scholar who betrays his profession, and a religious person who devotes to Satan, believing (not knowing!) that he has no chance whatsoever to be forgiven for his sins.
In this regard, the play doesn't criticize or support the idea of the Renaissance Man. It simply tries to come to term with the philosophical issues and conflicts of its own time.
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Well for me personally I'd write an essay about when I learned to Ice Skate. It mentions to put it in chronological order, so I'd being with how I was watching figure skating and thinking to myself how easy it looks. It says to include the theme of balance, so I'd most likely mention how difficult it is to skate with your center on two small blades, and the importance of a knee bend. I'd likely add conversations that happened between my mother and I while she helped me to balance myself, and my internal realization that the faster and more comfortable you get, the easier it is.. similar to riding a bike. I'd conclude with how I am still learning how to control my center of balance, and start trying to attempt things like skating on one leg, simple spins, and skating backwards.
I hope I didn't confuse you, and I hope this example helps you with your own essay!
Please let me know if it was helpful :D
Answer: Syntax is a set of rules in a language. It dictates how words from different parts of speech are put together in order to convey a complete thought. Syntax and diction are closely related. Diction refers to the choice of words in a particular situation, while syntax determines how the chosen words are used to form a sentence. More often than not, adopting a complex diction means a complex syntactic structure of sentences, and vice versa. In combination, syntax and diction help writers develop tone, mood, and atmosphere in a text, along with evoking readers’ interest. To convey meaning is one of the main functions of syntax. In literature, writers utilize syntax and diction to achieve certain artistic effects, like mood, and tone. Like diction, syntax aims to affect the readers as well as express the writer’s attitude.
Explanation:
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He asked me <u>if I was hungry</u>.
He asked me <u>what I was doing</u>.
He asked me <u>when he went to school</u>.
He asked me <u>where I spent my holidays</u>.
He asked me <u>what the time was then</u>.
Explanation:
Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person had told us. This retelling or exchange of information to a third party is given in the reporter form, or in the indirect speech.
The verbs and tenses in the reported speech will be changed according to the tenses in the first speech. So, supposing the initial sentence is in the simple present tense, then the reported speech will be in the simple past tense. Likewise, if the original speech is in the present perfect, then the reporting speech will be in the past perfect tense.
<em>"Are you hungry?" He asked me </em><em><u>if I was hungry</u></em><em>. </em>
<em>"What are you doing now?" He asked me </em><em><u>what I was doing</u></em><em>. </em>
<em>"When does he go to school?" He asked me </em><em><u>when he went to school</u></em><em>. </em>
<em>"Where did you spend your holidays?" He asked me </em><em><u>where I spent my holidays</u></em><em>. </em>
<em>"What time is it now?" He asked me </em><em><u>what the time was then</u></em><em>.</em>
<span>Before I given an example of a sample sentence showing both
words, let us dissect the meaning of each word first. The synonyms are as
follows:
</span>deftly –in
a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action
<span>synonyms - skillfully, cleverly, smartly, precisely
</span><span>Symmetry<span>-
exact correspondence on either side of the dividing line, plane, center, or
axis.
</span></span><span>synonyms <span>balance, proportion, evenness
</span></span>
<span>Sample Simple Sentence:
</span>George has <span>deftly achieved the </span>symmetry
of the entire structure.
<span>Hope that helps :)</span>
