I will also explain Aristophanes" definition of love, and whether or not love is an admirable or good thing. ... Symbolically, these beings were said to be the children of the sun, earth and the moon. The male was the child of the sun, the female of the earth, and the unified androgynous creature was a child of the moon. ... Here we can clearly see that Aristophanes believes that sexual love, all be it pleasurable and good, is not what the soul is after. ... Aristophanes clearly believes that love is a good thing and something to be admired. ...

• Word Count: 1564
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Othello begins to doubt his knowledge of love, and becomes jealous of his most trusted Lieutenant, the "good" and "valiant" Cassio. ... If that earth could teem with woman's tear, each drop she falls would prove a crocodile....

• Word Count: 723
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

God also represents love as he represents pure and good, which is why Dante adventures Hell on Good Friday. ... The strong winds symbolize people who aren't at rest and will never be at rest due to their desire that they had during their lifetime that they had on Earth and people lying down in the dark symbolizes how lust usually takes place. ... Hell is shown as nine circles of suffering depending on what you did and serves as different levels of punishment and along in this journey, Dante meets different people who are being punished and he begins to understands the soul towards God...

• Word Count: 1077
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As I was reversed out of her drive way I told her "You look very beautiful" with my voice crackling, as if I was going through puberty at that very moment "You look good to Matthew" she replied with the sweetest voice I ever heard. ... But really nothing was, I told her "because for the first time in life Jennifer I feel good about myself. ...

• Word Count: 2839
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein explores many aspects of the conscious and unconscious mind. Shelley uses light and dark throughout the novel to symbolize the duality of the mind, a representation of Victor's conscious and unconscious mind. Victor's conscious behavior is clouded by his unconscious repressed desires, as he struggles with the Oedipus complex, defined as subconscious feelings in children of intense competition and even hatred toward the parent of the same sex, and feelings of romantic love toward the parent of the opposite sex, if these conflicting feelings are not s...

• Word Count: 2532
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate