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    Navigating the unreliable world of love, Chaucer’s The Complaint of Mars brings out an aspect that we don’t see as often in the traditional love story. Instead of a happy ending with the respective main characters united in romance, Mars and Venus are driven apart by godly fate. Through Mars’ complaint that questions the purpose of love itself, Chaucer asserts that love has a destructive nature, causing endless misery once the pleasure and joy of it has passed. He also believes that love is…

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    The thematic comparison of several short films of the romance genre present a stylistic interpretation of romantic relationships at various stages in the relationship spectrum. Three specific short films show both the evolution and deterioration of relationships and romantic love within genres like science fiction, drama, and comedy. All three of the shorts in this essay provoke emotion on different levels but have a similar message. The short films WORLD OF TOMORROW, INERTIAL LOVE, and GEORGE…

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    other. Their desire to spend time with each other everyday rules above all else. The books of “Wuthering Heights” “Mrs.Dalloway” and the “Importance of Being Earnest” shows the irony and exposes the fact that in each respective time period that the novels were set in, no one marries for their feelings for one another. Love is an ideal to strive for at all times, but there is rarely an instance where love is the reason for marriage. One individual might love the other, but in…

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    The Story of Layla and Majnun, a love story to be known for centuries. The story that creates its own specification about love and depicts the epitome of true love. As readers flip through Nizami’s eloquent narration of the story, they get the sense of love and its odd, yet enticing duality through imagery and metaphors. Nizami presents a myriad of opposing images that complement each other well. Images such as the sun and moon, poison and pure water, and roses and thorns. On first look these…

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    Irrationality in Love in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream Love is a central motif in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream, as evidenced by the actions and agency of the main characters in the play. According to Hutton (290), many critics feel that Shakespeare offers the audience a choice between the rational and irrational. The theme of love brings out this choice capably, as demonstrated by the perception that rational love triumphs over irrational love, as the young lovers settle for…

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    The famous tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is about two ill-fated lovers, Romeo and Juliet, from two feuding families. In Friar Lawrence’s soliloquy, he expresses that there is nothing on Earth that is so evil that it does not provide the earth with some special quality. This means that everyone, no matter what, will always have some sort of evil and good in them, but depends on what situation that they’re in, where they will show that evil or good. Through Romeo,…

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    A relationship is the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected. There are many healthy and unhealthy relationships in the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet is a classic play about two star crossed lovers, whose relationship can be put up for debate if it’s healthy or not. A relationship that certainly is healthy in this play is Romeo and Mercutio. Romeo and Mercutio are best friends who would do…

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    From a young age, girls typically dream about their wedding day long before they meet their Prince Charming. However, Shakespeare’s tragic portrayal of marriage in Macbeth has the power to ruin their imaginary weddings. Macbeth displays a chaotic world when the most respected man becomes disrespected as shown by the king being betrayed by one of his most honorable soldiers, Macbeth. This chaos reaches Macbeth’s respectful and loyal marriage to Lady Macbeth. Such chaos in their marriage stems…

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    People should, depending on situation and their motivation, get involved in relationships, whether for better or worse. Benedick constantly quarrelled with Beatrice, swearing that “until all graces be in one woman, one woman shall not come in my grace” (Shakespeare, 2.3.29). But when Benedick overheard Don Pedro and Leonato discussing Beatrice’s love for him, he began to soften up to Beatrice. Likewise, Beatrice fell in love with Benedick when she eavesdropped on a conversation explaining…

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    The Truth of Grecian Love According to its most simple definition, love is described as a strong attachment, enthusiasm, or devotion to someone or something. Since the ancient Grecian times, the meaning of love has testified to these words. Ancient text such as Plato’s Symposium explain these ideas about love and prove these to humans that have been questioning love since the beginning of time. Plato’s Symposium is a compilation of speeches made at a party at the Greek poet, Agathon’s house…

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