The Lover

been one of those clear cut and elemental driving forces that has the immediacy to color an entire movie. Reaction to it is almost automatic and the story, depending on who's telling it always seems to virtually write itself. Yet in the case of The Lovers, infidelity is less the flash of conflict as it is the strangely reserved starting point to a story about human peculiarities. The esteemed Debra Winger and acclaimed playwright/due paying bit actor Tracy Letts play Mary and Michael, a…

Porphyria’s Lover: The Euthanizer On first read of the poem “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning most would assume the speaker is simply insane for killing his lover. Upon further investigation one could also realize that this was a premeditated murder by the speaker, in an attempt to euthanize his love as she is sick with Porphyria. This verdict can be reached after considering the clues which indicate that Porphyria is sick and how the speaker behaves before and after the murder. “[The…

‘gender patriarchy and the oppression of women’[1], offers insights into many aspects that relate to the context of the poem, Porphyria’s Lover by Robert Browning. It could be argued that, due to the fact that Browning and his wife were heavily involved in the feminist movement at the time, feminist theory influenced his writing. The title of the poem, Porphyria’s lover, provides a unique perspective for a feminist interpretation with the focus of the poem on a female protagonist when most…

Throughout time, there is an ever-present sense of duty and loyalty that make up a culture. Each time period consists of various factors that when added up equal a robust structure. When broken down, two main elements can be seen that make up the system; the men and the women. Whether their lives were that of unity or separated due to issue of sex is properly conveyed in the history of their time has yet to be answered; however, from viewing the works left behind from various authors and poets…

At whatever point you roll out a noteworthy improvement in your way of life, having a solid care group around you is vital. Also, the choice to wind up a veggie lover is unquestionably a noteworthy change of way of life. So one of the most ideal ways you can guarantee your accomplishment in making this move is to construct a solid bolster structure around you for bolster, fellowship and counsel. This does not mean you are not going to keep on keeping up your current fellowships and connections.…

The basic message of this movie is that sometimes, when being too nice and kind, it can make someone a pushover, and when they are different as well, people will be mean to them. It may not be good to be where one can’t say no to anything, however, in the end, it is better to be a kind person because there will always be someone that will be able see more than what is on the outside. Two point of views that could be seen within this movie is that of the protagonist Melanie, and that of…

Lady Chatterley's Lover is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published privately in 1928 in Italy, and in 1929 in France and Australia (Geoffrey Robertson, 2010). The book is notorious for its story of the physical (and emotional) relationship between a working class man and an upper class woman, its explicit descriptions of sex, and its use of then-unprintable words. An edition of Lady Chatterley's Lover was published in Britain in 1932 by Martin Secker; reviewing it in The Observer, Gerald…

these artworks is The Lovers II which, as its title states, depicts two lovers – a man and a woman – kissing in the corner of a room. However, oddly enough, both of them have a white sheet draped over their heads, thus preventing them from properly “locking lips.” At first glance, it can be easy to disregard this painting as nonsensical. Except, by taking a moment to carefully analyze the components that make…

In “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning, the narrator displays a bitter and passionate tone by the use of abbreviated words and long syntax. When Porphyria’s lover waits, he sits in a cold house listening to the storm. He tells us, “I listen’d with heart fit to break.”(5) The narrator waited expecting Porphyria not to come. He’s bitter towards her because he’s planning for her to stand him up. Her social status is above him and he believes that Porphyria’s desire for riches will keep her from…

The Mysterious Lover “The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen begins in the early 40’s Kensington area in London, where the main character Mrs. Drover being introduced while returning to retrieve the articles for herself. She returned to her house, she saw the WWII cracks and troubled times, the piano, the struck clock and the letter K. (on the letter from her demon lover, which becomes dear to the reader and represent how the life can bring the past to revenge and haunt the mind). Bowen…