Hamlet clearly demonstrates his expressions and feeling towards her through this letter and shows us that he does love her. If the relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia is supposedly only lust then he would not refer to her with such romantic and passionate words. Ophelia is another witness of Hamlet’s love because she also believes that Hamlet loves her and she demonstrates this
Hermia is in love with Lysander despite the Athenian rules. She cannot understand her own behavior since she has fallen in love and this is evident when she says to Theuses ‘I know not by what power I am made bold’ (act1 scene 1). This quote shows that Hermia does not usually act in this unpredictable way and that love is emotional rather than rational. Love is unpredictable and does not always make sense. This is shown through the conversation between Hermia and Lysander where Shakespeare uses repetition to compare different challenging situations where two people have fallen in love.
Did Othello “love too well and not too wisely”? In William Shakespeare’s Othello, love was an important theme in the play. Othello’s character was one whom loved his wife and his best friend. Othello seemed to be madly in love with Desdemona, however his love for Iago seemed to be even greater and more “mad”. As Othello’s love for Iago grew stronger, his love for Desdemona began to fade.
However, when he focuses on Hutchinson herself, his attitude becomes ambivalent. Hutchinson has transgressed the limits decrees for her sex and will soon be imprisoned by men, yet Hawthorne marvels at her confident sexuality and superior mind. He acknowledges the free flight of the imagination unfettered by gender, but he believes that women must pay for this gift of her peculiar “loveliness”. Hutchinson has controversial abilities, so Hawthorne holds an ambivalent attitude to her. Although he admires her, he forbids himself such emotions and censures what he fails to suppress and judges Hutchinson severely.
The final scene set in serene Belmont, opens with Lorenzo and Jessica’s playful banter. Their references reflect the harmonious nature of love (Troilus climbs a wall longing for Cressida, Dido summons her lover, and Medea gathers enchanted herbs for Aeson). But, while their shared repetitions of “In such a night” reflect balance and unity they also hint at tragedy and loss. The audience would have understood the dark side of their allusions (Cressida betrays Troilus, Aenas deserts Dido, and Medea leaves Aeson). Thus, although Shakespeare has left room for his audience to come to their own conclusions, the love and harmony exhibited in the final scene does remain in stark contrast to the racial hatred displayed in the trial scene.
In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare love is an important theme. In this play, Juliet and Romeo fall in love while Romeo is trying to get over Rosalind and Juliet is having an arranged marriage, their families are also feuding. In Shakespeare's play, Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet all have different views of love. Mercutio’s view of love is very humorous and not true, Romeo’s view of love is hopeless; he likes being in love, but does not like love itself. Lastly, Juliet’s view of love is logical; she does not follow love blindly.
He then goes on to say “I loved you not” (III.I.129.) meaning that Ophelia’s beauty caused him to lie, and not be realistic. Although Hamlet did in fact love Ophelia, he’s attempting to argue that when he said he loved her, it was really her beauty that was cheating his honesty. In this case, appearance conquered reality. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet, what “seems” isn’t always the same as being.
Bradstreet also shows identity for the Puritan men that criticize her work because men had more talent and skill, which come in handy in the society, but she sees that it’s unfair. For the men in her community she talks in stanza five, denying her writings, claiming Bradstreet’s works are “stolen”, or else it was by chance”. She writes in her poem in stanza seven, “Men have precedence and still excel, it is but vain unjustly to wage war,” in the beginning of the poem, stanza two, “Fool I grudge the Muses did not part, ‘Twixt him and me that over fluent store". These lines show that Bradstreet felt that it was not fair because men and women had different roles. Ruiz 2 During the time women had to stay home and take care of the house hold things, meanwhile men did the labor, which Bradstreet wants men and women to have the same rights.
Byelinkov is not the type of person to take praise very well while Varinka is willing to give him all he needs. All of these show what kind of persons Byelinkov and Varinka are, it shows how they over compensate each other’s personalities. Byelinkov says that “Pride can be an imperfect value”(981) While Varinka responds with “It isn’t pride. It’s the truth. You are a great man.” Varinka kisses Byelinkov and is still happy that she can call herself his wife.
• In this sonnet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning wishes for her lover, Robert Browning to love her genuinely and unconditionally, and not superficially. This is interpreted through the line “Do not say I love her for her smile ... her look ... her way Of speaking gently ... for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine ...” • She also does not want him to love her out of pity, for she is in physical as well as emotional pain. “Neither love me for Thine own dear pity wiping my tears dry!” • E.B.B’s intention in this specific poem is to express the way she wants Robert Browning to love her. This suggests that Robert Browning’s affection towards her is not strong enough, nor believable. The reason for his lack of affection may be because E.B.B is being too demanding and obstinate of her own perspectives of what love is and how she would like to be loved.