Answer:
One meaning is ready or willing to agree
Explanation:
We are presented with a libertine speaker talking of many lovers. He suggests that, though he has spoken about the pain of love, it is only ‘Love’s pleasures’ that he cares about. As such, he has ‘betrayed’ ‘a thousand beauties’. He claims to have been a callous and deceiving lover, telling ‘the fair’ about the ‘wounds and smart’ they long to hear of, then ‘laughing’ and leaving. The poem is written in three elegant septets. Notice the iambic tetrameter and consider how important form might be to the theme of this particular kind of love and betrayal.
This speaker may not be entirely honest. The final stanza begins with ‘Alone’. Is there any sense of regret here? The speaker claims to be ‘Without the hell’ of love, yet in the same line we find reference to the ‘heaven of joy’. He may even also sacrificed his joy with his promiscuous love.
Answer:
The similarities are drawn between the characters, conflict, and events of Act 1 in <em>The Crucible </em>to McCarthyism and the Red Scare of the 1950s. For instance, the community's belief that some people violated social standards.
Explanation:
"The Crucible" is a play penned by Arthur Miller in 1953. During the time Miller wrote this play, America was in political upheaval. Joseph McCarthy, former Republican Senate, was elected as Senate after he rose to ranks. During the 1950s, America was also in the Cold War with the USSR; Americans feared American communists a possible threat to the nation's security. So, McCarthy used this event in his favor and enlisted people and called them for an investigation. The Communists residing in America were called 'Reds' referring to the Soviet flag.
The belief system of the characters in the play is similar to the American citizens of the 1950s. They believed that some people were violating social standards. Thus similarities can be drawn between the characters, conflict, and events of Act to McCarthyism and the Red Scare in many ways.
