An Essay About Love

A Shakespearean Love Story In the times of arranged marriages, it was not set up for love, but more for gain. Matching people for wealth, status, and the others talents. We do not find ourselves in that situation when we begin reading the play Macbeth. Over time the two fall out of love and throughout the play Lady Macbeth becomes the one to blame for her husband's ultimate downfall. Some people think that their relationship was difficult the whole way through. They back up this claim with the…

most difficult among us. Wright (1989) stated, “…the three most vital qualities for getting along with people are genuineness, love, and empathy” (p.1). Looking at the first quality genuineness, it can be defined by saying that one is truly acting from the heart. Wright (1989) says “A genuine person is able to express his true feelings in appropriate ways, rather than…

We at some point in our lives have experienced love, whether we were loved or have loved. It is the one thing that we all, as humans, have in common. Intimacy is about being emotionally close to your partner, let him or her know how you really feel and be able to accept and share your partner's feelings. Dorian loved Sibyl when he saw her in the theater. He was perfectly wonderful, exquisite, and full of grace, and he considers, she was simply a born artist. He asked his friends to go and see…

Wong Kar-wai is a prolific director, most known for his critically acclaimed, In the Mood for Love. The story follows two people as they try to comprehend the news of their spouses cheating on them. A pivotal part of the way Kar-wai tells their story and the stories in his other films is through the technique of framing. Filmsite describes framing as “the way a shot is composed, and the manner in which subjects and objects are surrounded ('framed') by the boundaries or perimeter of the film…

It was not until a few thousand years ago that the idea of romantic love sparked in Western civilization. And along with it emerged questions such as how to get a girlfriend or boyfriend, how to keep a relationship strong, and how to deal with a break up. Since then, experts all over the Western world have attempted to develop "love guidelines" to lead those with problematic love lives into triumphant relationships. The first step to begin one’s search for a partner is confidence. According to…

close families and they had a great relationship they fell in love and lived happily ever after……… this is not that story. In William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, it shows that Romeo and Juliet are not in love because they get married the day after they meet, they experience lust at first sight, and they are too immature. In William Shakespeare's tragedy of Romeo & Juliet, it shows that Romeo and Juliet are not in love because they get married the day after they meet. In Act II…

In the Great Gatsby Jay Gatsby falls in love with a girl named daisy while he is in the army and the rest of his actions in the novel are motivated solely by his desire to obtain her. Throughout the novel Gatsby does many things in order to gain the love of Daisy which eventually lead to his death. Gatsby’s love of Daisy is the past which leads to his later obsession contributes to the meaning of the work as a while by emphasizing the novels theme that money cannot buy happiness. When Gatsby is…

“To love is to suffer, to wander aimlessly, unable to concentrate on anything but the mental image of the beloved…” (Sayre 350). Lancelot by Chretien de Troyes presents this quote clearly as Lancelot, a knight, goes through countless obstacles to save Queen Guinevere, who is King Arthur of Britain’s wife. He’s chooses love over reason to ensure that he is the one to saves her from Sir Meleagant no matter how harmful or tempting those obstacles become. This story of courtly love shows the reader…

The relationship between Othello and Desdemona that is shown in the beginning is built out of true love. Many people did appreciate them getting married. Othello is a black man and Desdemona being a fair woman they weren’t favored by plenty of people. Even with Othello being the general of the army, people still didn’t appreciate him. Othello and Desdemona were deeply in love, but over time the seed of jealousy was planted within Othello and their relationship was on the path to failure.…

While in the midst of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, one might wonder whether Hamlet is in love with Ophelia. Some might say that Hamlet is lovestruck and overcome with his feelings for Ophelia that he cannot function as a normal human. On the contrary, he is in no way lovestruck due to the fact that he can be rather indecisive with how he acts around her. Hamlet’s only motive in this play is to capture the person who murdered his father, not chase after the daughter of a nobleman. While marrying…