Passage two is likely to have taken place some time before passage one. ... The first passage to be critically assessed comes from the very beginning of the novel. ... This first paragraph also sets a romantic tone to the passage. ... The focalizer throughout the passage is Almasy (the English patient). ... The overall passage gives the impression that Almasy was once a romantic person "he remembers picnics, a woman who kissed parts of his body that are now burned". ...

• Word Count: 1008
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The essay will also show that a romantic tension between the principal characters can only be experienced once in the whole story. ... Only in one short passage one can sense tension connected to love and romance. ... (p. 86) This passage shows that their dreams have almost come true after moving out of the town. ... After having come back from returning the rope, with the rope still there, violence may give way to a beautiful, romantic atmosphere "...the smell of broiled steak floated nose-high in the cooling air. ... This passage has a beautiful description of the mood suggesting t...

• Word Count: 1958
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In the essay "Why the Novel Matters", Lawrence explores in his own way the Romantic concept of the relativity of parts and wholes to construct a doctrinal statement celebrating the novel over other fields of thought. ... So the superficial "logic" of this passage is conspicuously off: to refute the notion that the body is merely a vessel for the soul, he "proves" that skin and bone are just as "alive" as blood is. ...

• Word Count: 1195
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate