Love Story

Some people think that Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest love stories, however that’s not true. It’s not one of the greatest love stories of all time because Romeo and Juliet are not actually in love. There is a substantial amount of evidence that proves they are not in love. For instance, Romeo, at the beginning, is heartbroken for Rosaline then he sees Juliet and Rosaline is replaced with Juliet, Romeo and Juliet also don’t know each other very well, and the couple may think they’re…

goddesses who made love with each other’s family members, parents and children to the modern-day cases of fathers forcing their daughters to procreate for them that disturb and intrigue the public mind. In the case of romantic love between parents and children, “Little C” by Martha C. Nussbaum suggests that, disturbingly, the difference between romantic and parental love is tenuous at best, and easily corruptible. The idealized selfless love that is often seen as the epitome of romantic love…

rushes through their mouth. The advertisement for Extra Gum, “The Story of Sarah and Juan” displays a sweet story two people falling in love as the years pass. The commercial begins with a smitten high school girl offering her crush a piece of gum. Juan doodles cartoons on the gum wrappers as their relationship grows deeper. When watching this advertisement for the first time, my heart felt so warm. The story is not only built around love, but the simplicity of sharing. The advertisement gives…

Juliet Caused Her Own Death Could love be so strong that it leads to death? Would anyone kill themselves for their love? In the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, two lovers would rather die than live without each other. They would spend eternity with each other rather than marry someone else. Romeo killed himself thinking Juliet was dead, so he decided that he would spend forever with his wife. But what caused Juliet’s death? Juliet is the cause of her own death. She…

Since we were discussing the story about Narcissus and Echo in Ovid’s poem Metamorphoses this past week in class, I saw it fitting to choose my painting based on this particular ancient myth. The story of Narcissus is one of the most prominent examples of myth created by a Roman author. The story goes that Echo, a nymph punished by Juno for her constant chatter, could only repeat the words that others have spoken to her. She crosses Narcissus in the woods one day and he rejects her sexual…

Love, love is such a strong word now a day. Before it was just tossed around willy-nilly. You might have said, you were in love when you were with the first person you dated, or maybe the next person after that. However, the thought of it did you really want to be dating that person? Were you really in love? Do you even want to be in love for that matter? Or were you just playing along with the roles that society has given us today. Love isn’t for everyone, and Kipnis’ story “Against Love” and…

dependent on his love for Daisy. Gatsby 's dreams were enough to keep him satisfied for years, as a way of coping with his loss of Daisy. However, his fantasies imply that it may be to be too much to handle. The one thing Gatsby craves for more than anything is Daisy 's requited love, and is the one thing that will never happen. Daisy and her "love" for Tom is faked with words, yet her ideas of perfectionism makes the idea of her loving Gatsby disappear into thin air. When real love is found,…

has several characteristics that make it fit into such genre. One of the very obvious reasons is there is a love story develops between the main characters, although the love story is not a conventional one. Darcy's and Lizzy’s love story begins with him criticizing her and she accidentally over hearing. This develops tension between them. Lyden’s description of a melodrama fits this love story perfectly because she is defying the gender roles that women should be compliant. Lyden’s description…

First published on Youtube on October 7th 2015, “Extra Gum: the story of Sarah and Juan”, is an advertisement that has become shared and viewed by many people on the internet due to it’s sweet interpretation of a young couples love story. In 1984, Extra was Wrigley's Company first ever sugar free product and became one of the most popular brands of chewing gum. The commercial begins in a high school setting where two young teenagers notice each other and are attracted the instant they exchanged…

de Maupassant and The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin, both writers create a depiction where people who decide to create this lifelong promise of matrimony somehow die internally. In The Necklace, Madame Loisel is married to clerk and is dying socially because she cannot have what the other women have. She becomes so hateful towards her husband that she allows him to sacrifice all they have so that she can look as pretty as the other women at the ball. In comparison, The Story of an Hour Mrs.…