"The course of true love never did run smooth," as ironically noted within William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. ... The relationship between the Duke and Queen provides a meaningful contrast to the other characters and the reactions they have. ... Unwilling to relinquish control of the young Indian Prince, Titania remains firm as she speaks with Oberon, "See our moonlight revels, go with us; If not, shun me, and I will spare your haunts" (141-142). ... As wedding plans begin to unfold, Lysander vows to "end life when I end loyalty" (63). ...

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However, in this essay I shall explore this in further depth by looking at three poems: "A dream", "A Birthday" and one of the many poems entitled "Song", beginning "When I am dead, my dearest." By looking at her use of language, imagery, themes and her addressee I shall explore to what extent I agree with the statement that the work of Rosetti leans towards the "Dark Side." ... "A Dream" is a biographical poem which charts the events of a dream which the speaker has had about her and her lover. ... In line 11, the speaker makes the connection between their dream and reality by saying "I thoug...

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Victor begins his tale to Walton by describing his early childhood, "I was so guided by a silken cord, that all seemed but one train of enjoyment to me" (42). ... "My mother had much desired to have a daughter, but I continued to be their single offspring" (p 42). ... Having never fully differentiated from his mother, Victor views his mother's death as his own. ... "Lacan treated the unconscious as a language and viewed the dream as a form of discourse" (169). ... "Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever, and I became nervous to a most painful degree I shunned my fellow-creatures ...

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Bellah correctly states that in order people to become friends, individuals have to enjoy one another's company. ... Therefore, people would rather have the company of people who makes them happy. ... When my friend Steven gave up on reaching his goal to attend college, I helped him to keep on trying to achieve his dream and never to give up on his it. ... By supporting and helping him to reach his goal, I motivated his determination to achieve his dream and became a better friend. ... Throughout the many unique and individual experiences in a friendship, having something in common is...

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As Victor speaks to his professors of his progress he states, "Two years passed in this manner, during which I paid no visit to Geneva, but was engaged, heart and soul, in the pursuit of some discoveries which I hoped to make" (29). ... Feeling faulted for many deaths of his family, Victor mourned, "Nothing is more painful to the human mind after the feelings have been worked up by a quick succession of events, the dead calmness of inaction and certainty follows and deprives the soul both of hope and fear" (61). ... From this moment, Victor's mind became corrupted, ...

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A marriage gives personal stability meaning to be with someone who is willing to give it all for each other and work hard to accomplished you desired dreams and goals, both will literally become and respect each other. Marriage is out of date today because couples feel that as long as their happy and their kids (if any) have two loving parents, it doesn't matter if they have a ring or a piece of paper (as many people referred to getting married by using such phrase). Many relationships want more independence or feel free to make any decisions without feeling that they have to give any inf...

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"Because she never ceases mocking, I"m rewarded grief and loss" (Bernart, p139). ... On a broader social scale, I realized that they are both exploring areas of love that perhaps have previously been poorly explained or illustrated: a constant roller-coaster of love described by the troubadour Ventadorn, and the struggle for measure and balance between two of Abelard's affections. ... He is very dramatic indeed, and somewhat tortured, but he does have a strong case. ... He never would have dreamed of belittling himself in his prose, the way Ventadorn does in one of his poems: "For all my ...

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"Until a few days ago I only thought of Rajan, but now I find myself thinking of Anil as well (Selvadurai, 76). ... With the terror of the news that was brought upon the family of Radha Aunty being attacked, Arjie was beginning to see the realism of the entire situation:" I shivered involuntarily as I recalled what my Father had said about the Sinhalese and the Tamils in the fifties and how many had been killed. ... As I listened to its rhythmic sound, I thought of her love comics and how fervently I had believed in them; believed that if two people loved each other everything was possible (Se...

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It's not hard for someone to get sick through eating something spoiled or having some sort of a disease; however, the sickness that penetrates the knight is supernatural. ... As the speaker finds the knight in a pathetic condition with a hint of a "fading rose" (11) on knight's cheek, the speaker is curious about what have happened to him. ... However, in the seventh stanza Keats makes a vivid transition in the knight's explanation of the story, when before the three stanzas start with "I"(the knight), the next three stanzas start with the woman taking action...

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Franks to see if she was there , when I walked in she was there on the outside of a room 201 and I asked her what she was doing outside and she told me that the kid in room 201 has died and she started to cry ,since my friends were gone I thought It would be safe to hug her, so I did thinking it was the right thing to do and as I went to hug her " you don"t have to if you don"t want to" she said, so I did like any other gentlemen would, as I went home I laid on my bed in my room thinking about what made me hug Jennifer. ... After the whole conversation of the Prom she asked me if she could h...

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How falling in love occurs, is associated with intense effective states and such intense states have been shown to have a particularly strong influence on judgment and behavior that can often override more cognitive decision making processes (for a review see Loewenstein et al., 2001). ... I would say the brain, but the heart is also related because the complex concept of love is formed by both bottom-up and top-down processes from the brain to the heart and vice-versa. ... The findings have major implications for neuroscience and mental health research because when love doesn't work ou...

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