Romance

obstacle, the proposal, the ball, and of course the happily ever after. These are the conventions of romantic literature, expected, familiar, and present in all romance books, including Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca. Throughout her novel Rebecca, Du Maurier both uses and manipulates archetypal romantic conventions to criticize traditional romance novels,…

be ta’em, let me be put to death; I am content, so thou wilt have it so.” As evident from these lines, Romeo and Juliet are overlooking the outcome of their families knowing about their relationship. In order to win their parent’s heart over this romance, they require patience, determination, rationality while Romeo and Juliet lack these qualities. They were too young, innocent, impetuous who were unable to make appropriate decisions for their…

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…

just have a moment to wipe these tears of happiness away from my eyes, compose myself, and attempt to write something decently coherent? I’ll be honest with you: I put off Angelfall because I read that synopsis during a time where I wanted some romance and boy, did that premise give nothing away. So I thought, I can’t do this, I can’t read what seemed to be one girl’s lonesome journey to find her sister. That sounds bad but hear me out. I just wasn’t in a mood that would see me sit through a…

physical pain. One of the most popular types of novels are romance novels because most everyone can relate to them. For Hemingway this is one of the main reasons his books are so popular. In the novel The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, Hemingway composes a love story by incorporating concepts of conflict, sacrifice, relatable characters, and emotion. One of the key concepts to any story is conflict, especially in a romance novel. In romance novels this conflict must be emotional to…

Both as a theme and genre within literature, romance is an undying force, enduring the test of time. Captivating countless generations, writers who remain relevant novelists often focus on a melodramatic and idealistic story of adolescents falling in love, consequently depicting young love inaccurately. Guided by selfish desire, adolescent love is fervent and destructive, unlike mature love which is willing to change and compromise. Novelists scarcely craft successful stories on the darker…

fact, when scrolling down a teenager’s twitter timeline majority of the tweets seen are most likely to be related to romance. Social media shares both negative and positive roles in the world of romance. It can be viewed as a distraction and a cry for social approval, but it is also a convenient form of communication. According to David Wygant’s article “Social Media Is a Romance Contraceptive,” of the New York Times, social media is a distraction from potential relationships. People are…

Throughout fairy tales, the expectations of beauty and romance that are woven into the story are absorbed by the children viewing them. Children pick up on these ideals and quite often try to translate them into reality. Fairy tales, such as the one’s produced by Disney, often contain a magical romance with characters as magically beautiful as their love. However, these high expectations of love, beauty and happiness are unobtainable in our everyday world and leave children disheartened that…

abandoned the wistful ideas of true love and attraction in favor of pairing up for societal and economical gain. Mavis Gallant utilizes narrative voice and grating characterization to provide a sharp critique of the mechanical and naïve outlook on romance which society has adopted. Gallant typifies Carol and Howard as businesslike and cold to exemplify her stance against marrying without love. Even in Paris, a city famous for its passion, Carol is incapable of loving Howard and is “convinced…

would wish to present to their readers before starting to write. As they plan for the poem, the use of appropriate setting also aids in bringing out the theme clearly. Keats’ poems will remain the world’s powerful literature work that focuses on romance, a topic that many poets avoid like plague. His techniques in writing the poems…