Mira speaks of "the importance of the name of God and praises the True Guru in her poetry" (Hawley, 1977). Her poems are not complex in nature, and they are very fluid. The emotions explored in her work are those related to women; typically Mira explores the same type of issues, especially those ...

Author: Sharon Maas Title: "Of marriageable age" Date of publication: 1999 Type of story: romance Main characters: - Savitri: the most charismatic character; she is very intelligent and has the ability to heal with her hands. - David: he is a doctor and loves Savitri as she also lo...

Shakespeare is one of the eighteenth centuries best-known literature writers. In his famous play "Hamlet" he has shown the power and determination of a man in love Shakespeare's Hamlet is dominated by the complex, absorbing character of its primary figure, that being ...

Loving ourselves is sometimes seen as an impossible barrier to loving others, others see it as a necessary step towards being able to love others, as in the popular saying, "You have to love yourself before you can love others." Clearly both excessive self-love and self-scorn can kill romance. . Hum...

Snow Falling on Cedars, David Guterson's mystery-suspense novel, provides an immaculate interpretation of a small American coastal island's trial to conquer and expel the ongoing dogmatic narrow-mindedness synonymous with its inhabitants. A novel of love and destruction, Snow Falling on...

The speech, which Mercutio gives to Romeo, in which he speaks of Queen Mab and her antics, is given on the way to the party thrown by the Capulets. Romeo has, thus far, simply been the picture of the wounded lover. He has moped about and proclaimed that he is burdened by love and that he can't esca...

Jo Ann Beard' "The Fourth state of Matter" is one of the most emotionaly gripping essays I have ever read. While leading me through her day to day monotomy of caring for a dying collie(the constant remainder of her recently vanished husband) and the chilling account of friends and coworkers lost in ...