Lust

Shakespeare’s plays often touch on themes of love, marriage, and affection (of both the platonic and sensual matter). This is especially evident in both “Twelfth Night” and “Othello”, one being his “farewell to wit” and the other being a tragedy. Since both plays contain elements of tragedy, it is possible to examine love as a tragedy of sorts. In “Twelfth Night”, there are marriages without love (Sebastian and Olivia), love without marriages (Sebastian and Antonio), and love used to hurt…

Love affects us all in very different ways, and almost like a snowflake, one interpretation of love is never like another. Love prompts some of us to act without thought. Sometimes we may think that we are in love when really, we are just looking out for our best interests. In Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, the theme of love is portrayed differently throughout its different characters. Shakespeare plays around with misguided love and the follies it brings about as a character is convinced that…

Scene 1 1. What is the major theme of the play? Love is the major theme of the play. 2. With whom is the Duke in love? He is in love with Olivia. 3. In what kinds of poetry does the Duke express his love? He express his love with puns, metaphors, similes and synesthesia. 4. Is it entirely true that the Duke is “in love with love”? No, because Duke is in love with Olivia. 5. What type of metaphor does the Duke use when he addresses the “spirit of love”? He uses falconry as the metaphor. 6. What…

According to what I have said, it becomes clear that Romeo and Juliet's way of love is totally different from their parent's way of love; each party has his own rule of love and his specific own way to express such love. Obviously, Shakespeare draws this comparison between parental love and romantic love to show the audience that although love is seen as a natural, desirable, and beautiful feeling, one may express it in a way that could result in violence, and destructive acts, and anger is one…

In the Renaissance Era men were proud to be vigorous in their pursuit of women. Like in many of Shakespeare’s plays, men were supposed to be in search of love even if it led to sacrificing everything, even their own lives. Juxtaposing this one with many of Shakespeare’s other plays, like Romeo and Juliet, instead of the main character gracefully falling in love and thus he gives his full loyalty to his lover, Much Ado About Nothing flips the script by making Benedick an already fully loyal man…

Does true love really exist? Shakespeare’s best-loved comedy, Much Ado About Nothing, focuses on deceit, gender roles, stereotypical issues and noting. It revolves around relationships between the characters; Claudio and Hero as the conventional young lovers, whereas Benedick and Beatrice as the critics of love. Written in 1598, plots based on young women erroneously accused, stories about being brought close to death and to be reunited with their lovers were well-known during the Renaissance…

A relationship between any two people can have very different meanings. In a father to child relationship, there is a deep and complicated love. A relationship between a father and child has a special bond because of the love and affection for one another. Fathers are the foundation to a structured family. However, there are times when a relationship turns unhealthy or bad because there is no understanding, a lack of communication, and a feeling of distance. In “Those Winter Sundays,” by Robert…

Freud’s notion of the uncanny is undoubtedly evident in Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The romance between Catherine and Heathcliff can most certainly be described as uncanny as they have an unquestionable love for one another yet they betray each other’s souls by choosing to marry others. However, both characters selfishly continue their relationship, ignoring their marriages which is sufficient evidence to suggest how much of an inseparable bond they share. The appearance of Catherine as a…

Illustrating the complexities of interpersonal relationships, the XX released their self titled freshman album to critical acclaim. Among the songs on the album, “Islands” best demonstrates the complexities of interpersonal relationships owing to its lyricism, both minimalistic and introspective. Two lovers declare loyalty to each other while recognizing the sacrifices they are making; they are reluctant to let go of the freedom they cherish but feel preconditioned to be together. Much of this…

Love Paradox and Shadow Have you ever fallen head over heels in love with someone? I have and can remember the overwhelming emotion and power it had on both of us, but while in love sometimes we see the other person in an image that is beautiful to us, but not true of who they really are. Robert Johnson, author of the book Owning Your Own Shadow states, “to fall in love is to project the most noble and infinitely valuable parts of one’s being onto another human being (81). This can have both a…