... In contrast to this portrayal, Swift makes comparisons with the women in his poetry to Goddesses, as is the case with Corinna in the Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed. ... If women were considered beautiful “goddesses” or common prostitutes it was because society had made them so. ...
The very title of the poem sets the reader’s expectation to read about a beautiful young woman in her chamber preparing herself for bed. ... The beautiful young nymph is actually a prostitute returning from a nights work. ...
Society has built up the character to fit into the part of being young and beautiful. ... For the purposes of discussing this theme I will make a comparison between the Beautiful Young Nymph with his poem The Lady’s Dressing Room and its main character Celia. ... The poem takes us through Corinna’s night time routine before going to bed. ... As with Strephon in Lady’s Dressing Room, the reader of the Beautiful Nymph can no longer see any real beauty in either subject.
When Corinna finally gets into bed she sleeps an uneasy sleep where she is tortured by dreams of punishment and pain. ... Corinna is no longer the “beautiful young nymph”.
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