After Hopkins’ conversion, his writing became all about his love for God, similar to Donne. Religion impacted the lives of Hopkins and Donne to the point where they changed their writing, their views, and their lives. Religion can change a person’s life, whether it gives one faith or makes one lose it. For example, Gerard Manley Hopkins converted his faith to get further in his career. He believed this was the choice he needed to make, when he was supposed to be choosing religion.
When Janie meets Tea Cake, a poor and adventurous worker, she knows that he is seen as an undesirable and unsuitable match for her: “Janie, everybody’s talkin’ bout how Tea Cake is draggin you round tuh places you ain’t used tuh” (112). Knowing that people saw Tea Cake as an incompatible match did not stop Janie from loving him. Janie understood societies view of him, but did not allow this to stop her from trying to find true love. Through Tea Cake, Janie learned that real love is feeling appreciated and truly desired, and that her past relationships were not love: “Tea Cake love me in blue, so Ah wears it. Jody ain’t never in his life picked out no color for me”(112).
William Shakespeare establishes Benedick’s character by using diction and imagery to show his changed viewpoint on marriage. Benedick is strongly opinionated and rarely ever let’s his guard down when it comes to feelings or love. After he overhears that Beatrice is in love with him, he ponders what to do. The characterization is established through diction, “And wise, but for loving me; by my troth it is not addition to her wit, nor no great argument of her folly, for I will be horribly in love with her!” (II.3.235-237). He is saying that is might not be wise for loving him, but he swears it won’t be stupid for he is going to be “horribly” in love with her.
In Corinthians, St. Paul said, "We ought to live our life's by faith and not by sight." However what if our sight becomes stronger than our faith and what faith you though you had, perishes by the reality in front of you. In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "Young Goodman Brown", the principles and morals of the main character are put in doubt when a series of events cause him to question his real faith. Further on, his Christian values become an object of ridicule and his only nature becomes sin itself. However faith was an important part of his life and his childhood principles were the reason behind his good deeds.
When Edith Wharton was writing these pieces she created two male characters, both already committed to a woman, who fell deeply in love with another. In both cases, however, the men kept their feelings locked away in their hearts, waiting for the right moment to share their feelings with their new loves. The stories similarities are the color red in association to the new women and the secret suspicions of the male characters’ wives. One point of contrast between the two novels is the reason neither male characters, Ethan and Newland, ran away with his new love, leaving behind his wife. Throughout the two works, the color red was associated with the temptresses Ethan and Newland fell in love with.
Of these women, Lotus introduces him to the lifestyle of the rich, Poor Fool teaches him how to love, and O-lan gives him the strength he needs throughout it all. Lotus is the one woman that brought out the wealthy, landowner side of Wang Lung that he worked up to be. It was destiny that brought Wang Lung to Lotus in the tea shop. He was immediately drawn to her small feet and animated looking eyes. Each night he went to the tea shop where she lived and he would use her to fulfill his pleasures.
At home, she acts as if she were an innocent child that is not concerned with the dynamics of the opposite sex. But once she ventures into the "real world" she seeks male attention. Having the feeling that Connie can not get any satisfaction at home she resorts to outside sources, making herself a victim to boys. When the "masked" man came to her door, Arnold uses more of his conniving devices as he frequently makes strategic use of the word "love", reinforces the tragic reality of domestic situation, and promises his utmost respect and loyalty in an attempt to make her want to leave with him. He knows that she is starving for true love and uses that to his advantage.
Does Gatsby Have An Obsession With Daisy? Jennifer Gomez 6* Gatby’s obsession with Daisy isn’t a surprise. Just the way he talks to her, talks about her, and the way he looks at her is obviously an obsession. “He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God.” Every time Gatsby was deciding to kiss Daisy he was also thinking about what else he could have done. He was thinking if he done the right thing.
It was a terrible mistake, but in her heart she never loved anyone except me (137).” As he argues with Tom you can see his defiance to believe that Daisy could love another. He led himself on a path where everything he is and can be is Daisy. He became obsessed with her that the love he had for her lead him to believe that she isn't capable of loving anyone, but him. After his dream was killed after his argument with Tom over Daisy, Nick tries to tell him to go someplace else for a while, but “he wouldn’t consider it. He couldn’t possibly leave Daisy until he knew what she was going to do.
Many people will never experience love, while others are crushed by it. In the classic American novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the characters deep obsession leads to their failure to a great extent .Jay Gatsby is a strong example of this; his obsessions primarily revolved around his desire to recreate the past, as well as his inability to accept his reality and most importantly his love for Daisy. Throughout the novel Gatsby’s character shows no development and is constantly obsessed with the idea of repeating the past so that his long lost love, daisy, will return to loving him, instead of her current husband Tom. In chapter six, Nick finds himself talking to Gatsby in regards of Daisy, where he tries to convince him to not