In the Mood for Love

Elizabeth Barret Browning wrote "Sonnet 43" a tale of love that the author had felt for one person in the world, and uses many great elements to bring together the sonnet. It talks about the questions we ask ourselves about much we love someone, and items it can be compared too. Browning does an excellent job at conveying this message in a respectful and very mature manner; it is complex poem at times making it hard to understand. If you have the knowledge or background information on what to…

Suffering with fear and embarrassment during his rages, Irene would walk the streets for hours contemplating her life. With no new love in sight, under relentless push from Wayne, she hesitantly agreed to her husband’s demands, and the loveless marriage continued. The irony of life, its karma or fate- call it what you want- about a year later, Irene met the man who became the love of her life. How ordinary this story is: both of them married, one of them cannot or will not break out of the…

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare depicts the relationship of Juliet and her parents , and how Juliet’s parents had such a meager love for her, they couldn’t stand seeing her happy on her own. In act IV, scene 5, page 39, it says, “Oh in this love, you love your child so ill that you run mad, seeing that she is well.” This means that they cared so little about her, that they wanted her to do what they said, not what she wanted. Because of the way they talked to her, and treated her it drove her…

hurtful, Daisy Buchanan. Fitzgerald’s purpose is to prove Gatsby will do anything to get Daisy to love him. In order to present Daisy and Gatsby’s love to his readers, Fitzgerald switches between tones throughout the novel. Fitzgerald also effectively uses different styles including dialogue and imagery in order to create meaning for the text. F. Scott Fitzgerald addresses the idea of Gatsby and Daisy's love by juxtaposing imagery and dialogue to show contrasting tones in the past and present.…

and the second piece was Carmina Burana. Both of the pieces together lasted an hour and thirty minutes. The Performing Arts Center had amazing detail and layout. The location definitely set the mood for the performance. During the ballet there was also a symphony playing behind the dancers. They set the mood for what the dancers were trying to portray. The dynamics were not played at a certain pitch throughout the…

“The Planned Child” is about a child who hated the fact that she was planned, but realises that her mother loves her anyway. The tone and mood of the two poems are unlike and each conveys the poem’s themes uniquely. Diction and imagery are very similar, as well as its use to develop the character or storyline. Structure and form are the two devices which are applied most similarly. Tone and mood differ between Olds’ and Duffy’s poems. “Stealing” uses a frustrated…

influenced and reflected by the mood that is created by the setting, affecting the plot throughout this intriguing, love story. Thus, the harsh setting and brutal weather causes much of the conflict because the characters are invariably struggling to survive throughout the treacherous storms. Moreover, the setting allows the readers to foreshadow the future events; and the weather mirrors the characters emotions, which also has a considerable influence on the mood of the plot. Ultimately, this…

falling in love with someone and after a while she doesn’t want him and so he kills her by squeezing her neck until it snaps.…

“learn” her constantly changing moods, something that he inevitably cannot do. However, in Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare successfully presents a conventional love between the speaker and his partner, who’s beauty and love from the speaker is endless and timeless. In Marrysong, Scott compares the speaker’s wife to nature to highlight his wife’s fluctuating personality and her instantaneous mood swings. The use of “without seasons, shifted” suggests the unpredictable mood of the wife as seasons…

be victim, Fortunato is completely unaware of his own imminent demise as the two wander deeper and deeper into the basement. Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Cask of Amontillado” uses dark sensory detail and insidious dialogue to create a haunting mood that develops when revenge becomes a deadly obsession. Throughout the text, the author uses sensory detail to create a sense of horror. After chaining up his victim, the captured…