Helena Bonham Carter

Romeo and Juliet, written as a play, focuses on two people separated by a feud between families, meet out of the blue and fell in love. All of the characters in this play were all filled with different knowledge about each other's lives. Love and marriage were all mostly in their heads, but there were different stories behind their thoughts and what they knew. The character that did change their point of view is known as a dynamic character. The one that does not change their point of view were…

RIZALDY ROSARIO ELET-2101 REACTION PAPER Les Miserables Les Miserables Some people pronounce it as “ les - mis - e- rab - les “ and I think that was so funny. Anyways “Love conquers all” this phrase has a huge attack on our heart and mind. Inspite of the struggles, “comments” Judgement, Love is the one which can conquer…

In the play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare, the characters Benedick, Beatrice, Hero and Claudio all have very different relationships. Beatrice and Benedick have never been civil with each other, and whenever they meet, they often have a skirmish of words between the two. They have known each other “of old” and seem to enjoy fencing insults back and forth between them, using insults to convey their true feelings of affection towards one another. The relationship of Claudio and…

When forbidden love crosses two young individuals, the best is not intended for them. William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and romance. In the play, two young lovers named Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, cross paths and end up falling head over heels for each other. However, their families have been adversaries for years but that does not stop them. They still pursue their dangerous love for each other behind their loved ones back. This results in deaths of them…

Literature has always been enraptured with love and describing its effects on people. In the theater, playwright John Lyly uses his play Galathea to paint his own picture and definition of love that is complex and ever-changing; through his characters Galathea, Phillida, and the goddess Diana’s nymphs, Lyly shows that love comes in different forms. Sometimes love is pure and innocent, while other times it is undesirable and invasive, consuming one’s thoughts. Through these dynamic relationships,…

Throughout both the film Tootsie and Shakespeare’s As You Like It, the idea of gender crossover is used, and while the idea of gender itself is examined, this crossover’s affect on love relationships is the main focus. Both Michael Dorsey and Rosalind, the protagonists of their respects works, pretend for a short time to be the opposite gender. Both are also in love with someone who, for the time being, is the same gender as they are – Michael falls in love in his disguise, while Rosalind…

Have you ever desired to have something or someone so intensely that you would do anything to have it? For example, in the movie Shrek, Shrek had a desire for Princess Fiona so deeply that he did anything and everything to be with her. Well, when I think about love and what a person would do for love two stories come to mind, and they are "Pyramus and Thisbe" by Ovid and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. These characters in the story have many obstacles, barriers, and limitation that…

Everything Fades, Especially Love William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 116, Let me not to the marriage of true minds, conveys the idea that love is unending and only flourishes as time passes. Andrew Marvell’s poem, To His Coy Mistress, expresses the idea that there is not enough time to love emotionally and that you cannot waste time waiting for an emotional love. The love that Shakespeare desires is emotional love while the love that Marvell longs for is not true love, it is physical love. Both, in…

Love’s power seems obscure yet humans dwell on this intangible feeling from day to day life. At the heart of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, is the idea that loves forces people to perform extreme actions. This is shown from Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other. Friar Lawrence's love is also expressed to Romeo through his radical actions. Both the Capulets and Montagues are constantly at each other’s throats while Romeo and Juliet go on a mischievous journey. Romeo and Juliet’s love is…

Hermia to loving Helena. Helena is astonished by the sudden change in Lysander and Demetrius and says, “Weigh oath with oath, and you will nothing weigh. Your vows to her and me, put in two scales, will weigh, and both as light as tales” (3.2.131-33). Even Helena realizes the men’s feelings are irrational; they have no logical evidence to defend their sudden change in emotion. This sudden change in romantic interest has a negative effect on the lifelong friendship of Hermia and Helena. Not only…