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Poems Coursework (The Flea & To His Coy Mistress)
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GCSE English Coursework Discuss the representation of seduction inn 'The Flea' and 'To his Coy Mistress' Seduction is defined as 'succeeding in tempting (someone) away from right or moral behaviour, to persuade (someone) to have sexual intercourse; to attract'. Both of the poems I am writing about use seduction and persuasion. Both John Donne and Andrew Marvell went to Cambridge and Oxford universities and were taught the English language. This means that because they were taught English, they get taught the art of persuasion. They have used this persuasion in the worst way; they are using it to persuade the women into having sex with them. 'The Flea', the image of a flea was very frequent in 17th century poetry, and a flea is thought of as being insignificant and dirty, this is what John Donne compares sex to; as being unimportant. This is his way of convincing her to sleep with him. The...
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