- In life, individuals are faced with many social and physical barriers that they must choose either to overcome, or let these barriers impede our future. In the novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte, these physical and social barriers, both prevent and allow true love from either fading or thrivi...

In her book \"Virtual Love,\" author and columnist Meghan Daum explores the passion and pitfalls of online courtship. Online courtship, like its more tumultuous counterpart online dating, reveals the power of technology to alter the way people communicate. Body language, physical contact, and the so...

Beauty is generally classified into two main categories: physical and mental. In the Charlotte Bronte's Jane Erye, the protagonist rejects by choice and submission, her own physical beauty in favor of her mental intelligence and humility. Her choice becomes her greatest benefit by allowing her to wi...

Beauty has always been part of our lives, and it influences a part of love. It's everywhere. But can it be the foundation to love? To many people love is "the greatest" thing earth has to offer, but is it really love when sometimes all we focus on is the way our "special someone...

Shakespeare\'s love sonnets describe three different contexts in which love operates, as such, he depicts a multi-faceted picture of love. Love in Shakespeare\'s poems does not have a single definition, but rather, an intangible conglomeration of characteristics that, together, make up an ever power...

Blindness is a whole different thing than not having the ability for the eye to see an object, according to Shakespeare. It is not a physical quality but a mental flaw that some people possess. This fault in characters exacerbates their ability to understand and it also leads them in the wrong dir...

Although \"Araby\" was a very short story, the author James Joyce did an impressive job of discussing very deep issues through his skills in using light, vision, and beauty. He is able to discuss things like religion, infatuation, and inner human feelings simply through descriptive words and what se...

*Although "Araby" was a very short story, the author James Joyce did an impressive job of discussing very deep issues through his skills in using light, vision, and beauty. He is able to discuss things like religion, infatuation, and inner human feelings simply through descriptive words and what se...

HUGGING ... The Celestial Language of Love ... A hug delights and warms and charms, it must be why we all have arms (-anonymous). Ever wonder why God gave us arms? Perhaps to be able to hug the one you love and show him or her your compassion is one of the possible answer. Hugging is a beautiful ...

Metaphysical Poetry is the classification of poetry that has attached to it a long and peculiar history; metaphysical poetry encompasses the whole human experience but is imparted with such intelligence or wit, seriousness and passion on the reflective topics of experience, particularly about love, ...

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame "Love is a universal language." This popular quote from many movies and literary works describes the importance of love, and how there are no limits or barriers when dealing with love. Many people cannot even help whether or not they fall in love. T...

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame "Love is a universal language." This popular quote from many movies and literary works describes the importance of love, and how there are no limits or barriers when dealing with love. Many people cannot even help whether or not they fall in love. There a...

partners. Both sexes believed that homogamy is associated with happy and lasting relationships (Knox 1)." Many male and female college students prefer to date someone of the same caliber as himself or herself. "Both sexes believed that homogamy is associated with happy and lasting relationships. Ho...

"The House of Bernarda Alba" takes place in Spain during the early 1900's, and "Like Water for Chocolate" is set in a similar time period, except that it comes to pass in Mexico. These two literary works have many similar qualities. Only one of these qualities will be addre...

The two works King Lear by William Shakespeare and Oedipus the King by Sophocles share similar themes. One such theme is sight versus blindness. In Shakespeare's King Lear the issue of sight versus blindness is a recurring theme. In Shakespearean terms, as well as in Sohpocles' Oedipus the King, ...

To understand the mentality of an Utku Eskimo, I try to put myself in the same shoes. I know I will never fully understand why or how they think the way that they do because I don't have their eyes. I have experienced an entirely different way of life. My upbringing has entrenched my understa...

They see each other from across the room and all of a sudden, it is as if an unbendable force has been inserted between them. They cannot be separated. They are in love and it only took about one millisecond to happen! We see this happen in many different novels and plays including Romeo and Juli...

Beloved by Toni Morrison In Toni Morrisons' novel, Beloved, the main character Sethe, is a former slave who chooses to kill her baby girl rather than allowing her to be exposed to the physically, and emotionally damaging horrors of...

Title: Sonnet 18 Author: William Shakespeare Summary: In Shakespeare's sonnet 18 he starts of the poem with the question, "shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" Then the author explains why he shouldn't because unlike the summer's day that eventually fades away, her b...

Bravery was one of the most popular themes in British literature, especially from the Anglo-Saxon period to the Elizabethan period. England went through many changes during the Anglo-Saxon period and the Elizabethan period such as: wars and disputes to determine the ruling group of England and the r...

The play, A Look Back in Anger, by John Osborne brings the notion of the "angry man gone mad" to the surface. But what does this play teach us? Or, does this play teach us anything? At the end of this paper it will be evident that this play does teach us something, and that is how some people, as ...

Beloved Toni Morrison's, Beloved, is a complex narrative about the love between mothers and daughters, and the agony of guilt.It is the ultimate gesture of a loving mother. It is the outrageous claim of a slave.? These are the words, of Toni Morrison, used to describe the actions o...

Was Romeo and Juliet's love based on looks, rebellion, external forces, or was it in actuality true love? There is no denying the fact Romeo and Juliet is a great play and an exceptional Shakespearean work, but upon closer inspection, is it a story of true love? Many hints and clues may lead one t...

Types of love in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night In the Play Twelfth Night one of the most obvious themes of the play to be explored is the theme of love.Each of the major characters finds love or is searching for it. Shakespeare use the characters to demonstrate and explore different types of love, ...

Friendship according to Aristotle According to Aristotle, there are three types of friendships. (1) Those that are based on pleasure , (2) those that are based purely on self interest or utility and (3), those with a special bond between equals who are drawn to each other and receive pleasure a...