Marlowe and Raleigh Questions

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Marlowe and Raleigh Questions


1. The shepherd offers the nymph gifts of beds of roses, thousand fragrant posies, a cap of flowers, a kirtle embroidered with leaves of myrtle. He also offers to give her a gown made of the finest wool, Fair lined slippers for the cold with buckles of the purest gold, a belt of straw and ivy buds with coral clasps and amber studs.

2. The only thing the shepherd wants in return for his gifts to his love is for her to go and live with him, and be his love so that they can sit upon the rocks, and see the shepherds feed their flocks. 

3. The nymph believes all of the shepherd's gifts are temporary and one day they will fade. So, what she wants truly is for youth to last long and love to be honest and lasting.


6. The nymphs view of each of the following subjects:

  Lover's words: She doubts that the shepherd is promising eternity full of love. So she says that if the words of every shepherd's tongue were true, she would go and live with him. 

  The value of love tokens: She realizes that all materialistic proof of love is temporary; and that one day they will rot and with it, the memory of their love. Therefore it can be said she values love tokens lesser than actual promise of love. 

  Planning for the future: The nymph's ultimate wish is to have eternal youth and love along with it. She doesn't want to plan for a future because she wants a world where joys have no date nor age. She only wants to bask in the feeling of love without it being connected to the past, present or future. 





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