The magnitude of love described by three literary authors, James Joyce, Anton Chekhov, and William Faulkner suggests that love exist in different ways. Joyce the writer of “Araby” displays his version of love through the eyes of a young boy who is experiencing love for the first time. Chekhov, writer of “The Lady with the Dog,” which is the story of an adulterated love affair between two married strangers. In addition to these two variations, Faulkner expresses his version of love in “A Rose for Emily.” Emily, the main character, psychotic behavior causes the death of her companion because of her selfish reasons. The reader can say that love is the admiration of a young boy’s affection, a sinful affair that leads to adultery for Dmitry and
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Dmitry and Anna were spending countless hours together sightseeing and enjoying each other’s company; meanwhile, not realizing how strong the attraction had developed into a casual one-time night of passion into a sinful love affair. “Dmitry told Anna Sergeyevna she was beautiful and seductive, making love to her brought out impetuous passion, and he never wanted to leave her side.”(Page 231) The love and the attraction kept Anna and Dmitry falling deeper and deeper in deception. “Dmitry and Anna loved one another as people who are very close and intimate, as husband and wife, as dear friends love one another.”(Page 238) The power of love can make a man and women forget the person they loved enough to marry to commit such an adulterous …show more content…
Once her father died, Emily surprisingly found a man to love. Homer was a sidewalk paving supervisor whom he liked spending time with young men. (Page 441) Emily did not want to lose Homer, so Emily asked him to marry her. After rejection, Emily, plotted to kill Homer to maintain the family reputation. Emily’s perverted love housed Homer’s dead body in her bed where she laid beside at night. A second pillow was found with a long strand of iron-grey hairs nest to Homer decayed body. (Page 443) Therefore, Faulkner leaves the reader wondering was it love or a selfish act of a woman scorn by a one-sided love
Dmitry and Anna were spending countless hours together sightseeing and enjoying each other’s company; meanwhile, not realizing how strong the attraction had developed into a casual one-time night of passion into a sinful love affair. “Dmitry told Anna Sergeyevna she was beautiful and seductive, making love to her brought out impetuous passion, and he never wanted to leave her side.”(Page 231) The love and the attraction kept Anna and Dmitry falling deeper and deeper in deception. “Dmitry and Anna loved one another as people who are very close and intimate, as husband and wife, as dear friends love one another.”(Page 238) The power of love can make a man and women forget the person they loved enough to marry to commit such an adulterous …show more content…
Once her father died, Emily surprisingly found a man to love. Homer was a sidewalk paving supervisor whom he liked spending time with young men. (Page 441) Emily did not want to lose Homer, so Emily asked him to marry her. After rejection, Emily, plotted to kill Homer to maintain the family reputation. Emily’s perverted love housed Homer’s dead body in her bed where she laid beside at night. A second pillow was found with a long strand of iron-grey hairs nest to Homer decayed body. (Page 443) Therefore, Faulkner leaves the reader wondering was it love or a selfish act of a woman scorn by a one-sided love