One Night Only

something I have struggled with my entire life in my classes and in work. In school, no grade less than an A was acceptable. When I would receive a B in a class, I would do all the extra credit work I could and I would study that subject late at night when I should have been sleeping. I would be insanely stressed until I could bring my grade up, and even when I did, I would stress myself out trying to maintain an A. Every homework assignment I would get would have to be perfect, usually…

Twelfth Night begins in the mythical land of Illyria where Orsino the nobleman is in love with Lady Olivia. She is currently mourning for her deceased brother, resulting in her unacquainted love for Orsino. Off the coast, a storm produced a horrifying shipwreck…

painting to demonstrate that I am an adventurous person that likes to travel and doesn’t like to stay in one place for too long. I used lines in my drawing to separate it from Hopper’s original…

Spanning the years 1765 to 1769, the French artist Jean-Baptiste Greuze painted The Dreamer in oil on canvas. His painting, The Dreamer is a beautiful example of Greuze’s talent in portraying emotion by successfully combining the elements of art which enhance the mood of the image. Greuze creates a well constructed composition through the use of line, color and light to convey the state of being at rest and nearing a peaceful slumber. His use of smooth, flowing lines which curve with the…

Glory is an important theme, and arguably the main, is portrayed by the main character Ryuji and a central philosophy of Noboru and his gang in Mishima’s novel. Glory and the search for it is one of the defining features of Ryuji’s character. For him it is the “one thing”1 he “is destined”2 for. This is despite Mishima asserting that “the world would have to topple if he was to attain the glory that was rightfully his”3, thus resulting in a situation that is impossible. In the…

states, “I bear now mine arrows in my eyes,” showing that love exists between people rather than being a tangible item (5.3.1058). Love is spiritual rather than physical; instead of needing a physical object such as Cupid’s arrows to cause or feel love, only the eyes and a genuine connection are needed to create true…

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…

by a wall, however that still didn't stop them from being together or their love for each other. Therefore, the branches represent them always being attached to each other. According to the text, "The everlasting memorial of these true lovers, and one urn hold the ashes of the two whom not even death could part"(Ovid 949). In Romeo and Juliet, the statue was their symbol in the play. "But I can give you more. I’ll raise her statue in pure gold. As long as this city is called Verona, there will…

love and Friar Lawrence telling Juliet to take a poison and she does so because she looks up to Friar Lawrence. Identity crushes and romantic crushes are examples of what can happen when Romeo and Juliet’s parents are not involved in their affairs. One example of a romantic crush going bad because of the lack of involvement from the parents is when Romeo finds Juliet supposedly dead and he…

Furthermore, in Twelfth Night a character named Feste the clown is presented. In the play, Feste points fun at everyone no matter the class or social rank an individual is and even sings songs pertaining to the mood of the play. The tone of play especially changes once everyone mistook Sebastian as Cesario From “Nothing that is so, is so': Twelfth Night.” author Ryan Kiernan states, “Festevents his irritation in a sarcastic tirade, ironically unaware, for once, that he speaks more truly than he…