On first sight "The Tempest" by William Shakespeare and "Leviathan" by Thomas Hobbes are two different works, but they do have some important topics in common. "The Tempest" raises a problem of power struggle, and "Leviathan" provides the reason for this problem and the solution. William Shakespeare in "The Tempest" brings up the conflict between masters and servants that, as the story progresses, becomes perhaps the major motif of the play. ... The Tempest shows that all people are equal in the forces of nature and peace can be achieved with stable government and a just ruler who acts in t...

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Herbert was not unaware of this fact as evidenced in the following lines: "And now in age I bud again, After so many deaths I live and write; I once more smell the dew and rain, And relish versing: O my onely light, It cannot be That I am he On whom thy tempests fell all night"(Flower 36-42). ... The flower reiterates his submission; it is not the controller of the world, does not bring about the tempest, but rather endures it. ...

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True Love in "Sonnet 116" The word, "love" is defined as a deep, tender, ineffable feeling of attraction towards a person as a result of kinship, recognition of attractiveness, or an underlying sense of oneness. But, where does this emotion called "love" take us in the end? Many people tod...

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