Romance

Sparks are Breathing Towards the end of Henry Howard’s sonnet, which embodies the aspects of courtly love such as secrecy, aristocracy, and adulterous actions, the speaker, who harbors love and does not reveal it due to the denial of his lover, declares “Sweet is the death that taketh end by love”. The speaker, who suffers through the inability to display his love, makes this observation while love resides in his heart. This observation reveals the secrecy of courtly love in the sonnet. The…

Plato’s Symposium offers various views on where love can be found in the mind, the body, and the soul. Aphrodite shows how desire fogs the mind, keeping Sappho from seeing one’s true beauty. In Sappho’s Ode to Aphrodite, beauty is where desire remains satisfactory for one as opposed to Plato’s Symposium, where desire leads to an understanding of true beauty, the beauty of the body, the mind, and the soul. The concept of love presented by Diatoma is able to reach the true understanding of beauty…

In Victorian England, a young heroine fell in love and became engaged to a rich socialite man, not knowing he had a secret; a secret that would be revealed on their wedding day. When found out by the heroine, this discovery would leave her utterly distraught and with no choice but to flee to the country. This is the situation that is faced by Jane Eyre in the book Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Eventually, it is discovered that the man, Edward Rochester was already married. He was married to…

Ann Landers once said “Love is friendship that has caught on fire, It settles less than perfection and makes allowances for human weakness.” In The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins’,the overarching theme is teenage love. The main character is Katniss Everdeen. Katniss and Peeta both fall for each other. Peeta told Katniss that he had a crush on her on the 1st day of school. They both work together on the games. Teenage love can be complicated for some people and by the relationship that Katniss…

Infatuation and love are two vastly different types of affection that most people get confused between. It is likely to occur more so among a boy and a girl when they are young and inexperienced as opposed to when they’re grown and matured. Infatuation can easily be mistaken for love in many cases. In Romeo and Juliet infatuation is mistaken for love by the both of them, for what they had between them was not love due to the fact that they were not mature enough, love takes time to develop, and…

It is never too late to fall in love for the first time in your life. I could not help myself ,but think of the Facts of Life theme song after seeing the new romantic comedy/drama movie Saving Face. Saving Face is a 2004 movie directed by, Alice Wu, is about an American theatrical release featuring an Asian American lesbian couple. One character that stands out in the story is, Vivian Shing, (Lynn Chen) because, Vivian Shing, is a typical boy-meets-girl, boy-gets-girl, boy-loses-girl,…

Graham Baker’s adaptation of Beowulf: the unheroic hero. The epic poem, Beowulf, has been the source of inspiration to an incredible amount of artistic pieces: films, novels, songs, comic books, video games and operas. Due to the nature of the poem, every adaptation that has ever been made is different from the other, but most of them respect the epic hero prototype. Even though Baker fills the gaps of indeterminacy in a weird and twisted way, what the film brings up as interesting is that his…

In Andrew Marvell’s poem “Damon the Mower,” the protagonist describes his heartbreak after Juliana rejects him. Though readers never hear Juliana’s voice in the poem, Damon freely speaks of her thoughts and actions. His monopoly of narration allows him to exploit gender roles and tell his biased side of their story. He portrays Juliana as a masculine, superhuman creature by aligning her with the typically male Sun and describing her through the use of three symbolic gifts he gives to her.…

There are six different types of love that are seen in the modern day world and olden days; There is familial love, which is the love that one has for their family. Romantic love is the love someone possesses for their spouse. Unrequited love is a love that an individual feels for someone who doesn't feel that same way in return. Platonic love means the feeling that friends have for eachother. Spiritual love is the love that people have for the God that they serve, and last but not least…

In Wong Kar-Wai’s film In the Mood for Love (2000) he comments on the nature of love and the secrecy and doubt that come with it. In the scene where Mrs. Chan meets Mr. Chow in his new apartment for the first time, it reveals how the two characters genuinely feel about each other and how they themselves feel about it as well. Through the use of editing, sound, and framing; the audience is able to decipher the deeper feeling and meaning behind this scene. The scene begins with Mrs. Chan in a…