Venus et Adonis by William Shakespeare
"Venus et Adonis" by William Shakespeare is a narrative poem written during the late 16th century. The poem is an exploration of love and desire through the mythological figures of Venus, the goddess of love, and Adonis, a beautiful young man who is indifferent to love. The work focuses on themes of unrequited love, beauty, and the inevitability of loss. In the poem, Venus passionately pursues Adonis, who prefers the thrill ofhunting to romantic love. Despite her fervent advances, Adonis remains resistant and somewhat disdainful towards her affections. As the story unfolds, Venus pleads with Adonis to embrace love and warns him of the dangers he may face while hunting, particularly from the ferocious wild boar. Ultimately, he neglects her warnings, which leads to his tragic death at the tusks of the beast. Heartbroken, Venus transforms her grief into a flower that memorializes Adonis, symbolizing both the beauty and the fragility of love. The poem serves not only as a tale of love's bittersweet nature but also as a meditation on beauty and mortality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
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| Translator | Guizot, François, 1787-1874 |
| Title | Venus et Adonis |
| Note | Reading ease score: 72.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_and_Adonis_(Shakespeare_poem) |
| Credits | Produced by Paul Murray, Rénald Lévesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) |
| Language | French |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Venus (Roman deity) -- Poetry |
| Subject | Adonis (Greek deity) -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 25694 |
| Release Date | Jun 4, 2008 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jun 13, 2008 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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