Love Affair

Strikes by industrial workers and unions were increasing rapidly in the United States during the 1880s. This was a time when working conditions often were dangerous and physically exhausting while wages were extremely low. The American labor movement during the industrial age included a mixture of socialists, communists and anarchists who believed the capitalist system should be changed. The capitalist society oppressed and exploited the working class, which had essentially built America. Since…

May 1 as May Day. There are some very arguable points to the side that the Haymarket Affair only hindered the labor rights…

France in the nineteenth century hit on some of the darker parts of modernity on its journey to the France of today. There were many events and attitudes that a good portion of French men and women would like to forget. Many governmental officials, historians, and citizens of that time period repressed or consciously used policies and writings to perpetuate a myth that allowed for these same events and attitudes to fall by the wayside. In recent years, revisionist historians, or historians who…

The motherland, Great Britain, for years, was pushing for a union of the BNA colony to take care of their internal affairs. The Queen’s representative stated, “let it be thoroughly understood that this question of Confederation is one in which the Home Government is quite in earnest and considers that its wishes ought to have and will have great weight with the provinces…

the affair between Calixta, who is Bobinot’s wife and Alcee, who is Clarisse’s husband. The story begins with a day with heavy rain and the thunderstorm. As the bad weather comes, the author uses this natural phenomenon to symbolize the idea of the complicated relationship between Calixta and Alcee. The passion between them making love to each other is also symbolically shown a storm as well. They put their marriage into a risk. The affair is…

modern due to their countless affairs, resemblance to modern media, similarity to celebrity cheating scandals through pictures and artwork, recent psychologist reasons as to why couples cheat, and their connection to current infidelity statistics. First of all, Aphrodite had countless affairs while being married to Hephaestus. Aphrodite’s well-known affairs were with the war god Ares, the wine god Dionysius, and a mortal man named Anchises. Aphrodite was always in love with the war god Ares.…

poetry, despite the name, aren’t just about love. These poems are about tragedy and sorrow, and the inevitability of death and its effects on our lives. Lord Byron does a fantastic job of combining literary devices in poetry to create some of the most heart-wrenching and emotional poems ever written. And Thou art Dead, as Young and Fair by Lord Byron exhibits nature imagery, personification, and parallelism to create a tone of overwhelming sadness and love. Lord Byron uses imagery in order to…

sure Jove is not cheating on her. Juno feared Jove had more such tricks in mind, And couldn’t feel entirely secure Until shed placed this heifer in the care of Argus, the watchman with a hundred eyes: (660, I, 866-869). Many times when there is an affair going on the man is the one not being trusted as seen above, but that is not always the case. In the story “The nightingale” the wife is the one the one that is being questioned because of her behavior. Many times when a person is caught but…

practical character in many ways. First, Desdemona is an inspiring character for women. Desdemona is completely in love with Othello and obeys him without any flaws. Desdemona only wishes to keep Othello happy and believes that telling him the truth will keep him from being upset with her. Desdemona never wants to love anyone except Othello although he believes Iago that she has had an affair with Cassio. Desdemona tries to prove her faithfulness to Othello: “No, as I am a Christian. If to…

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…