The power of authority, the power to transform perceptions and the power of infatuation and romantic desire all contribute to the theme of love. ... This sudden, irrational passage of love was all caused by the irresponsibility of the fairies and their special powers. ... Power of infatuation and romantic desire is a third form of power used in Shakespeare's play. ... Nothing will stop her romantic desire, she will give up anything in order to pursue her infatuation with Lysander. ... Power adds direction to the lovers conflicts and passages....

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• Grade Level: High School

Nevertheless this investment in her son does result in the destruction of his attempts at romantic relationships with Clara and Miriam. ... Their relationship throughout the play is strained; it is in the passage after Blanche's confession of the loss of Belle Reve that Stella starts to understand what actually happened and places Stanley above her. ... Laertes on the surface is protecting his sister from a romantic relationship with a brooding prince, however some modern audiences have interpreted this dialogue as Laertes not wanting his sister Ophelia to fall into the arms of Hamlet ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The three and the most important types of loves (in my opinion), are family love [storge"], romantic love [eros], and selfless love[agape"]. all of these love types are true and to be alive forever until the end of time. ... Next is Romantic love, the sweetest love and the most joyful love there is. ... This passage is a great example of selfless love, and it also shows that when two people love each other it doesn't matter what the situation is, as long as they are with each other. ... Whether that love is Romantic, or family love, or even the selfless love they all show how love is ...

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Essentially, this sonnet presents the extreme ideal of romantic love: it never changes, it never fades, and it outlasts death and admits no flaw. ... (Line 14) The basic division of this poem's argument into the various parts of the sonnet form is extremely simple: the first quatrain says what love is not changeable (Lines 2-4), the second quatrain says what it is a fixed guiding star unshaken by tempests (Lines 5-6), the third quatrain says more specifically what it is not "time's fool" (Line 9)--that is, subject to change in the passage of time, and the couplet announces the speake...

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For example, Prue (the character in the second story) had almost the same type of dependency on a male romantic figure, as did the young girl in the first story. ... In this passage, I think that Munroe is trying to portray Prue leading a very normal life, hosting dinner parties and such, yet still underneath Prue's surface she hides empty, lonely feelings. ... In this passage, the young girl is simply saying that she feels she isn't as normal as the others girls, and is afraid of letting her mother down, much like Prue is afraid to show her friends, and dinner party guests her rea...

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Perhaps the most recognized of these poets is Imr al-Qais, who employs a long nasib, the romantic prelude, to declare his grief over his lost love. ... Labid's The Centenarian exploits the passage of time to illustrate his success with dismissing his former lover. ... " (84.15-17) Tarafa's description reminds us of Imr Al-Qais' sensual portrayal of his horse, however it is not nearly as carnal in this passage. ...

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The most common, and therefore perhaps important, perception of love in the play is, without doubt, that of romantic or true love. ... Juliet can be seen as being quite modest throughout this passage, and may not be quite as enthralled with Romeo as he is with her. ... With light, often come passages of romance and passion, and with dark, those of woe and depression. ... Capulet's non-romantic, and very rational views on love may well have come from his own very formal relationship with his wife, Lady Capulet. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Emily Bronte's novel, "Wuthering Heights," covers all of the requisite themes necessary to earn its place in the Gothic genre: villainous behavior, helpless heroine, and horrific weather all in a decrepit, haunted setting. Conversely, Wuthering Heights, is most often described as one of the most tra...

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But as it is with all things-- the passage of time, the changing of maturity, the differences of desire things begin to change. ... In another world, perhaps a less practical, more romantic world I would have chased after him, kissed him and we would have swept off to a cabin in the woods to live merrily forever. ...

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• Grade Level: High School