Romance

As humans, building intimate relationships is in the very fabric of our beings. We long for closeness and deep rooted connections with the special people in our lives. When it comes to our marriage, we have an even greater need to delve into the soul, mind, and body of our lover. Intimacy in marriage does not consist of just one thing. It is a combination of emotional connection and physical affection that brings you closer to one another. Great communication leads to emotional connection. In…

On Loving your Enemies Matthew 5:46-47 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? If someone were to be very kind to you, give you lots of wonderful presents, give you bags of your favorite candy, take care of you when you were sick, make you laugh when you feel sad, think you are the best person in the world, and love you with all their heart. Do you think you would love them back? Yes - you probably would. But there is no great…

Everybody has a different outlook on a modern hero. Some people think of them as brave romancers, who would do anything for the damsel in distress. Others prefer a brother at arms, rushing into distress for those they love. No matter who it is though, these people expect equality from their “hero.” Nobody imagines a slave owner, or an Ellis Island employee as their hero. That’s what makes indiscrimination the trait that makes a modern hero. These heroes are made to care for everyone close to…

Does anyone remember the last time we saw a found-footage film that was actually good? Seriously can you remember? The Gallows reminds us that even though Hollywood loves making found footage movies they seem to be against making them good. In this horror film we have a gang of cliché annoying teenagers Reese Houser, Pfeifer Ross, Ryan Shoos and Cassidy Spliker. The actors seemed to enjoy keeping their real names in the film and Ryan is the only one to keep both his first and last name, so in…

In the story of Romeo and Juliet, water is involved a lot and has a greater meaning than what it is actually. Water symbolizes the relationship between Romeo and Juliet, and sometimes the water can get polluted or dirty. This could also symbolize that their love will have some dark or dirty events within and suffer from it. The symbol of water is used to symbolize truth, love, and also seeing clearly. The symbol of water is used a lot throughout the book, and is used in a very clever and…

“Love could lead us to Death” Love is an emotion, some might call it an action but no matter what we call it or how we categorize it, love is imperative to everyday existence. There are so many degrees of love and various ways to show it. Self-love is most important, showing the love of self-first demonstrates the ability to…

In the novel “Much Ado About Nothing” there is trickery and deceit themes. Such as two characters in the novel Benedick and Beatrice being deceived to fall in love for each other. It’s a shocking moment when two characters such as Beatrice and Benedick had an aversion towards each other and fell in love at the end. Chicanery didn’t just lead up to love some characters had to be involved in order for Benedick and Beatrice to fall in love. Another scene where there was trickery was when Claudio…

Imagine living in a society where all of your opinions are made up for you, years before you were even born. You’re not allowed to choose who you like or who you hate because society has set it all out for you. Now this is starting to sound like a dystopian novel, but it’s not. The classic Romeo and Juliet and To Kill a Mockingbird share some qualities with our well loved dystopian novels. Both are based around two parts of society that hate each other, and there are children who are able to see…

Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Victor Hugo, Mozart a few of the most transcendental artist in the history of the world. Many are the one trying to understand the meaning of their works, but only a few know the real way to interpret their master pieces. Nowadays, anyone can judge a work of art, but mostly the critics, people whose work is to know, explorer, and understand the artists’ works know how to perfectly do it. Through the history of mankind many of these painters, musicians,…

Cam Briel is the protagonist of the book Unforgiven by Lauren Kate, and this novel has many twists and turns as it finally gives light to Cam’s story, rather than having him as a backseat character throughout the Fallen series. He’s a fallen angel, and ended up on Lucifer’s bad side. Cam’s main goal in the story is to get a past lover, Lilith, to learn to love him again in just a mere 15 days or else he will be stuck with Lucifer forever. However, many obstacles lie in his path. Lilith doesn’t…