Open AccessThe Logic Game, Fallacy in Selected Poems by John Donne
Author(s) -
Iman Mahdi Khdairi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mağallaẗ ğāmiʿaẗ ğīhān- arbīl li-l-ʿulūm al-insāniyyaẗ wa-al-iğtimāʿiyyaẗ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2709-8648
pISSN - 2707-6342
DOI - 10.24086/cuejhss.v5n1y2021.pp32-34
Subject(s) - poetry , adultery , fallacy , legitimacy , literature , philosophy , psychology , epistemology , law , art , theology , political science , politics
The aim of this paper is to analyze three seduction poems by John Donne regarding his use of fallacy as a technique for seduction. These poems are “The Flea”, “Confined Love” and “To His Mistress Going to Bed”. Donne tries to manipulate reasoning in the arguments with the women in those poems cleverly through false beliefs i.e., fallacies, to convince them of the legitimacy and sanctity of sexual intercourse, whether it is premarital or adultery. He deploys strong fallacious arguments with the women, who are presented as cautious or dismissive, in all three poems to achieve his aim of convincing those women to voluntarily agree to his sexual desire.