“They’re a rotten crowd…You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” These words stated were the last words Nick Carraway said to Jay Gatsby before he met his demise. Nick Carraway, who said he was “inclined to reserve all judgments,” as stated in the beginning of the novel, finally makes discernment here. He called Daisy, Tom, Jordan, and all the upper class morally rotten. He knows and believes that Gatsby is worth more than them all. Gatsby’s heroism in the war, determination in the pursuit of his dreams, and his tenacious devotion to the love of Daisy forms Nick’s final opinion which leads him to give him the compliment.
“Reason versus passion” is one of the main pillars of the literary movement known as Neoclassicism and Racine’s Phaedra is one of the most famous and representative works that came out during this period (17th century and beginning of 18th) for it explains how love and passion can be dangerous for the life of human beings. The play shows evidence that Phaedra looses her reason when hit by Eros’ curse, and falls in love with Hippolytus, her stepson. When thinking ‘passionately’ she can’t see ‘the truth’, namely, that being in love with Theseus’ son is wrong. This unreciprocated love leads to Phaedra’s irrational behavior, such as to convince Oenone, her nurse, to accuse Hippolytus of abusing her, to prevent Theseus from finding out about her love for his son. This ultimately leads to Hippolytus’ death, because he doesn’t want to put shame on his father for having abused his wife.
William Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet is a popular study for various themes, including love. The five types of love include unrequited love, romantic love, parental love, friendship and love of family honor. Love is an overpowering force that takes over all other values, loyalties and emotions.The ones I will be elaborating is romantic love and love of family honor. I find these the direct cause of the eventual ending of the plot- the death of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. The romantic love of Romeo and Juliet has become very popular and is the ideal example of star-crossed lovers.
Time and its effect on love is a widely explored theme in Duffy’s poem, in ‘Hour’ ‘a single hour… makes love rich’ it seems they is never enough whilst in ‘Over’ the memory of their love becomes only but a blush because time is passing. The fire imagery presented by the metaphor of the ‘flushing light, which blazed’ is suggestive of a passionate relationship but along with the repetition of ‘hour’ shows loves susceptibility to time, a fire blazes but always burns out and ‘hour’ shows how short a time they were together, measurable in hours not days
Alcee stayed cushioned upon her, breathless, dazed, and enervated, with his heart beating like a hammer. Calixta had fallen in love all over again. The storm was distant and passed away. Bobinot and Calixta marriage was great until Calixta had a secret affair with Alcee. Calixta was just too controlling towards her
Above all things he hated, Hindley was hated most. By saving Haerton, it shows how he doesn’t treat him the way he would to Hindley. Another action takes place over a long period of time. After hearing the marriage of Catherine and Edgar, Heithcliff departed. He shows much dedication when he comes back rich, handsome, and all the qualities Edgar has and more.
The first line we hear from Claudio, in Act1 Scene1 is: ‘Benedick, didst thou note the daughter of Signior Leonato?’ From the very start Claudio falls in love with Hero through just one silent meeting, and shows his relative immaturity compared with Don Pedro, and Benedick, when he weeps after hearing of how highly he was praised about how well he fought in battle. To further this theme, in Act2 Scene 1, Claudio isn’t even able to propose to Hero and Don Pedro has to for him, also showing how little he knows Hero, and how ridiculously fast traditional marriages happen, as they were predominantly based on superficial values such as traditional beauty, and social status. Hero rarely speaks around Claudio in the play, and in fact, has the fewest lines of the four main characters. she obeys the commands of her father, and other male figures without question, and even in the wedding scene doesn’t react enough to insight any doubt in Claudio’s claims. What is more important here about the way Shakespeare makes characters’ voices convincingly emotional,
Arthur admits, “Happy are you, Hester, that wear the scarlet letter openly upon your bosom! Mine burns in secret” (Hawthorne 173). Finally, Hester puts an end to what is her misery, or biggest sin hoping to end Arthur’s as well. She tells Arthur about her husband. He is angry, in shock, and frustrated yet he finds the heart to forgive her.
“Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague! See what a surge(?) is laid upon your hate That heaven finds means to kills yours joys with love” (V, iii, 291-293) “For there never was a story of more woe, then this of Juliet and her Romeo” (V, iii, 309-310) Tragedy- Reinforced by the death of Mercutio as it is seen by Levin as quite an ironic end, as he has been the satirist- “represents the play moving from Romantic comedy to Romantic tragedy.” Comparing Comedy & Tragedy- Tragedy tends to isolate where comedy bring together, to reveal the uniqueness of individuals rather than what they have in common with others.
“Romeo and Juliet” is considered by many one of the greatest love stories to have ever been written. However, the tale is not one of love but a story of a young girl whose whims led her to be manipulated by a boy who was seeking out sex. The scene where Romeo and Juliet first meet demonstrates how fickle their infatuation is. The story begins with Romeo wailing over his lost love Rosaline, saying “And, in strong proof of chastity well-armed, from love’s weak childish bow, she lives uncharmed.” He continues his outburst by saying how useless Rosaline is if she is not willing to sleep with him. Benvoilo feels sympathy for the young brokenhearted man and encourages him to go to the Capulet’s party so he will forget the girl.