In his novel, \'Enduring Love,\' Ian McEwan presents to the audience a character which goes by the name of \'Jed Parry.\' Parry\'s character has an incredibly important role in the book and develops a very obsessive love with the book\'s narrator, Joe Rose. Throughout the book, Parry\'s love is p...

Great Expectations Let desire be your destiny ... Director: Alfonso Cuarón Producer: Art Linson Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki Production Designer: Tony Burrough Music (score & soundtrack): Patrick Doyle Artworks: Francesco Clemente Writing Credits: Mitch Gl...

High FidelityOn the surface, High Fidelity is a story about breaking up and getting back together again. Only, thanks to director Stephen Frears' narrative technique, we don't realize this until the credits start to roll. He plunges into the life of Rob Gordon, played by John Cusack, on the night ...

Sister Kate, a novel by Jean Bedford, was set during the 1870s, in Victoria, Australia. It tells the story of Kate Kelly as she progresses throughout her life, and deals with the effects of the Kelly gang on the young, romantic and loyal Kate. Through the use of language and visual imagery, this nov...

Pride and Prejudice Concerned with a proposal marriage the changing emotions characters involved, + the way upper class gripped with desire = glamour importance Attracted to story = powerful narrative; Relate = E's need to find love. The changing em often confused initial presumptions. I intrigued ...

'This is a novel about love in all its forms.'What does Paul learn about love from his various relationships in the novel?In the 'rites of passage' narrative Maestro by Peter Goldsworthy, Paul learns about 'love in all its forms'. Through his relationships with his parents, his girlfriend then wife ...

Suzhou River Suzhou River is the second film of Lou Ye, who is the sixth generation directors in Chinese mainland. However, he directs this film in a different direction from the works of his Beijing Film Academy contemporaries Zhang Yuan (Beijing Bastards/Beijing Zazhong, 1993) and Wang Xiaoshua...

: What elements do these examples of popular literature have in common with popular literature or other form of entertainment today? Marie de France's Lais ARE SHORT NARRATIVES OF LOVE, ADVENTURE, AND THE SUPERNATURAL. MOSTLY ABOUL LOVE SOMETIMES ENDING WITH A HAPPY NOTE SOMETIMES NOT.SOCIETY ...

In the short story "The Ballad of the Sad Café," Carson McCullers utilizes distortion of literary reality to impart her lessons and thoughts concerning love to the reader. McCullers usage of distortion ultimately moves the story from a simplistic narrative about social misfits to an...

This section of the book Lolita depicts the nuptials between Humbert and Charlotte, and it allows the reader to get inside Humbert's head to discover – as if readers didn't already know – the real strategy behind this wedding. He is cunning, and ruthless in his ruse. But it&apo...

When reading the short stories, the reader feels that fiction indeed does teach empathy. Often in a story, the reader sympathizes with a character in the story. This occurs because of how the author uses words and narrative techniques. The author uses empathy very cleverly. The characters that the a...

A Close Reading of "Pride and Prejudice" Chapter 1 The opening line of "Pride and Prejudice" is arguably one of the most famous and universally loved openings of a novel, as a statement it reveals a great deal about the novel. Indeed it sets the stage for a first chapter that...

SONNET 102 Shakespeare's sonnet 102 deals mainly with the ideas of love and conflict in the relationship between a poet and his lover. The poets' lover simply does not think that he loves her as he used to, but has grown comfortable and bored with her. Shakespeare takes on this love-narr...

Wuthering Heights is a classic novel of possessive and thwarted passion, and examines a passionate and overwhelming love between its central characters, Catherine and Heathcliff. Emily's Bronte's novel is unique first of all for its lack of psychological dismay. Never, in a novel, did so...

Anton Chekhov's short story "The Lady with the Pet Dog," unlike no other work by him, reflects his attitude towards women and love. His attitude towards women and love seems so meaningful, and so succinct that the story can well be regarded as a summary of the entire topic. Dmit...

Toni Cade Bambara is an interesting writer. To me it is obvious that being from Harlem, shows her personal attachment to her work. My first brief read over of the piece of literature "Gorilla, My Love" was unsuccessful to me. I couldn't quit grasp what exactly was going on. I never c...

Great Expectations In the novel Great Expectations, written in 1860 by Charles Dickens, there is an underlying theme of disillusionment, but it is not a melancholy book. The main character, named Pip, has many "great expectations" in his life, but over the course of time these illusions are sl...

Great Expectations- Analysis Essay: Topic # 1 In the narrative Great Expectations, the author, Dickens, divides the story into 3 different stages that each signifies a turning point in Pip's life. Events within each stage help to shape Pip's character development from one stage to t...

Created and presented by Disney Theatrical Productions, \"Aida\" is a true love story. Based on the narrative that was the inspiration of an opera by Verdi, Aida tells the story of three star-crossed lovers-two African princesses, one Nubian and the other Egyptian, and the man they fall in love with...

Poetry is a mysterious thing. The use of poetry can be made to bring about a feeling or emotion about something, or it can be used to earn a few extra dollars. There are some writers though, like William Wordsworth, who used the writing style to write about their real life experiences. It has bee...

"The Rocking-Horse Winner" opens with the distant, singsong voice of a fairy tale: "There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck." So begins an ancient tale. A brave young boy is challenged by his true love. He rides off into a dre...

The Dysfunctional Family of As I Lay Dying After reading As I Lay Dying, I was unsettled by something. It wasn't the plot, although As I Lay Dying had a singularly bizarre storyline. During the action of the novel a mother dies, and her family embarks upon a disaster ridden journey in order to fulf...

In the story The Good Earth, Wang Lung shows many characteristics of his personality and how the earth and Chinese traditions affect these characteristics. Set in late eighteenth century China, the story begins with Wang Lung going to the "Great House of Hwang" to collect the wife that was betrothed...

A short analysis to THE BEAR by Chekhov A brief introduction to drama Drama, a kind of literature form intended for performance at theatre, has gained popularity and appreciation among the people in the world. Because much of drama appeals to the audience and it tells an entertaining story. ...

As the ostensible author of The End of the Affair Maurice Bendix is amazingly narcissistic. In a journey through the affair between Maurice and Sarah, it is impossible to not notice how selfish and self-absorbed the perceived author is. His recounting of the affair is laden with grandiose overtones...