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The Medieval Magic of Love In Gottfried Von Strassburg’s, Tristan, the paradoxical nature of love is established when we’re told that prudency inspires Queen Isolde to brew “a love drink so subtly devised and prepared, and endowed with such powers, that with whomever any man drank it…[t]hey would share one death and one life, one sorrow and one joy” (192). Using oxymorons Gottfried is able to show that love creates contradictory conditions that are difficult to resolve. Appearing almost magical…

Tino sat in the livingroom, reading, as he heard Berwald enter from behind the house, through the kitchen door. He gulped and looked up, scared of meeting the Swede’s intimidating gaze. Having stripped of his coat and shoes, Berwald walked into the living room, determined to make Tino smile at him. He had noticed, that the Fin was cold before, thus deciding to make fire. “Tino.” He murmured “I chopped wood.” Tino nodded quickly, lowering his head, as he pretended to be very focused on the book…

The story of Tristan and Isolde remains an intriguing and influential legend because of its lesson about love: two people truly in love experience the greatest joys and sorrows. Various versions reflect the story in a light that illuminates the history of the time periods and the authors’ themes. Two works, Wagner’s opera Tristan und Isolde and Strassburg’s poem Tristan and Iseult, express unique differences. Because the Middle Ages were times of wonder, discovery, and the unknown, Strassburg…

Many African Americans became quite popular due to their personal style in the aspects of photography, painting, drama, poetry, and prose during the Harlem Renaissance. Each aesthetic person had their own purpose for their works of art. Many of them wanted to depict the beauty of Harlem as well as emphasize the importance of equality between races and classes. The Harlem artists produced many great works of art in the black community from the 1920s and beyond. There had been a few…

“Can I get a W.. W..can I get an A.. A..Can I get an L.. L.. can I get a squiggly SQUIGGLY.. can I get an m M..can I get an a A… can I get an r R.. can I get a t T… what does that spell Wal-Mart” (Smith & Young, 2004). Although the Wal-Mart maybe the most controversial business in America, it has one of the greatest success stories in Americas history of business (Ferrell, Fraedrich & Ferrell, 2013). However, the success of Wal-Mart is accompanied by controversy, it is possibly the most…

Above and Below the Law The Tyrannicide Brief, by Geoffrey Robertson is nothing short of compelling. The audience is guided through the legal process, which lead to Charles I’s execution. Robertson’s assiduity in research is highly visible in The Tyrannicide Brief. Readers are not only presented with facts, but taken on a journey that is more than exceptional. Robertson manages to combine law, politics, and social history in one story. Robertson thoroughly brings to life the story of John Cooke.…

Joseph 's POV " WHAT! How could they do this!" I say angrily in the phone I knew this was going to happen Olivia warned me and I didn 't listen. But nothing is going to stop me from being with Elizabeth. The only way I could go out with her is to convince her parents which is going to be the hardest thing ever, and let 's not bring up her picked husband which I 'll have to deal with. This is going to be hard. Elizabeth 's POV After the talk with Joseph Laura and Grace had to head home but…

James Baldwin’s “Sonny Blues” and Katie Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” are two short stories showing conflict characters feel as though they have been release free from. Baldwin’s character Sonny conflict with his family not understanding his life struggles and was release by the show of him playing jazz music to help them understand. Jazz music was used to help reveal the stories. The character Louise Mallard from “The Story of an Hour” had the conflict of being not her own person and viewed…

Count Basie was a swing big band leader who began playing piano in the 1920s. He was born in New Jersey, and took stylistic influences from New York musicians such as Fats Waller (Yanow 155). He rose to prominence as a part of the Bennie Moten Orchestra, and then led his own orchestra after Moten’s death in 1935 (Yanow 155). As a bandleader, Count Basie was able to develop his own innovative style that significantly influenced the way jazz developed past the 1940s. His band was one of the top…

I found this passage in the last section of the novel to be very applicable to the personalities of Morrison 's characters. The quote can be interpreted in many different ways; however, I believe that Morrison is trying to explain a cycle of the “powerless” black man due to coming from a broken past. Many of the characters in Toni Morrison 's Jazz (1992) originate from “broken pasts.” Their pasts have been negative due to the lack of a stable foundation in their childhood. The characters in the…