Romance novels

Tameka Richards Professor Lange English 1102 17 June 2015 The Things They Carried Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” is a gripping story of both love and war. The characters in this story derive from their brave and courageous actions while in the battlefield of the Vietnam War. While some of the characters sole focus is war, unfortunately others can’t think of anything else but love. Lieutenant Cross, of the Alpha Company, is madly in love with Martha, a girl he’d met in college back in…

In Cyrano de Bergerac, the revelation of inner and outer beauty from Roxane plays a very important part in the book. The reveal of Roxane’s actual thoughts play such an important part because throughout the whole book it has been a love triangle between Cyrano, Christian, and Roxane. However, if Roxane were to share her true feelings, in which she did, it would change the whole plot or motive of the plan that Cyrano and Christian have been working on. The pivotal point in the entire book is when…

During the Odyssey, dictated by Home, Odysseus and his company traverse through the straight where sirens inhabit the area. However Odysseus has already planned a way to go through without his crew members being hypnotized by the sweet voices of the sirens. As they attempt to lure the men the sirens promise them a harmonious song. A song that is unknown. A song that “praises” men, but kills leads them to death. One of the ways for women to lure me in general is with a voice full of joy and…

Who would have thought that Star Wars can bring two people together, even celebrities themselves like Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Love at first sight can be fictional for some but in this case, it holds true for Kim and Kanye when wearing fictional garbs. Who can blame a guy seeing a girl dressed up as Princess Leia, in the same costume she wore when she was captured by Jabba the Hut? Kim Kardashian West confesses that she is thankful for the Star Wars franchise because if it wasn't for the…

that comes to overwhelm some people. The true test of character is then revealed by how people react to these passionate feelings. This is seen in the novel between the star cross-crossed lovers doomed for their inevitable fate. Although love and hate are both feelings that can be suppressed into the depths of emotion to not be exploited, the novel Wuthering Heights…

C. Baymon Stephenson Ms. Greenlee Honors English III 28 August 2015 The Corruption of Love By the Desire of Materialism Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants (Benjamin Franklin). Thought of as the root of all evil, money and materialism in general has been seen as an object of value, potentially able to create grief and sin for its holder, while love is considered to be the greatest joy in this…

grasped my attention was how they use a honeysuckle to the two for their love. I think that was a perfect example to compare them with. I don’t think they should be set apart. With them having the love they have for each other. I find this poem so romance. Another reason I am interested in this poem is how they never gave up on each other. A lots of time couples who move apart don’t think things would work out how they…

The one that stood out to me most was Lot and His Daughters by Artemisia Gentileschi. This oil on canvas painting was produced around 1636 to 1638. It is approximately 90 3/4 in. by 72 in. In this painting you definitely witness a baroque sense of style, dramatic composition and how she keys tenebrism into the painting, going from dark to light. Much like most of her work, the background story is religious. In Lot and His Daughters the two ladies on either side of Lot are dressed similar,…

Placing the words open and secret together forming a phrase in actuality creates an oxymoron; if a person becomes honestly open about conditions it no longer holds the clandestine characteristics defining a secret. Additionally, as an idiom, open secret, is described as “a supposed secret typically recognized by several”. Consequently, Open Secrets seems inappropriate to title the Alice Munro short stories found within its covers, as they are all filled with characters, especially women, having…

The name of the musical that I choose to do is Fiddler On the Roof. The author of this musical is Joseph Stein’s. The musical is based on Sholom Aleichem’s Tevye and his Daughters, where Jews and Russians live in delicate balance. Fiddler on the Roof is the beloved story of the small, tradition-steeped town of Anatevka, Russia. The main idea of the musical is how the time that the musical took place was a time where traditions were honored by the people of Anatevka and are both embraced and…