Romantic Love In Dante's Inferno and The Lais of Marie De France It is fascinating to take the time out to examine in similarities and differences in the way authors Dante Aligheri and Marie De France impart to their readers their views on romantic love. ... Dante uses symbolism, characters and literary illustration, to impart his central message that the ultimate form of betrayal which stems from "love" (or, to the author, misguided romantic notion) is adultery. ... Some feel that the poet implies inherent dangers in reading "inflammatory"(romantic) literature, as such a lo...

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• Grade Level: High School

She has a costly set of beads around her arm, which should be used for prayer, but end in a brooch inscribed ambiguously Amor vincit amnia (Love conquers all), but unfortunately it seems it is referring not to the love of God, but romantic love. ... Her brooch is ambiguous as to its meaning - "Amor vincit omnia", meaning'love conquers all', is perhaps an acceptable sentiment if meant religiously; however, 'amor'was usually taken to mean romantic, rather than religious, love. ... It is interesting to note the way Chaucer manipulates with the mode of medieval romance in char...

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Though many people in Don Quixote's world seem to have given up on romantic love, Don Quixote and a few other characters hold dear this belief. Don Louis's love for Clara and Camacho's wedding, for instance, are situations in which romantic love rises above everything else. Even in the case of Sancho and Teresa, romantic love triumphs as a significant part of the matrimonial commitment, which we observe in Teresa's desire to honor her husband. Ironically, Don Quixote's own devotion to Dulcinea ridicules romantic love, pushing it to the extreme as he idolizes a woman he...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The sonnet is by a man referring his name is William Shakespeare and upon how descriptive and romantic he is within this Sonnet. ... The narrator desires stand upon accomplishing the description of the aging man with imagery while at the same time demonstrating how little time is left in his romantic love story. ... He wants for her to move on and don't grieve for him while he's gone but at the same time to never forget how they met and the awesome loving romantic life they shared together. ... To summarize, the story is about an old man who is aging and is going to miss his female ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

It portrays the dangers of the Romantic ideal. ... Though passionate and fiery, beautiful and wild - all of which are ideals of the Romantic - ultimately, it is these very romantic traits that lead her to her untimely demise. Don Jose, though a conservative, restrained man, also portrays the dangers of allowing oneself to grow caught in the passions of the Romantic world. ... The opera portrays the danger of the Romantic traits and the weaknesses they expose...

• Word Count: 1868
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• Grade Level: High School

Often times these women opt not to get married, for they find that "true- romantic love is nowhere to be found in a society which inequalizes the sexes from birth. ... (Firestone 252) Romantic Love, despite all of its enthusiastic recommendations, has proven to disadvantage women whether one analyzes it from a psychological or philosophic...

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Love is a hard word to define. Everyone has a different interpretation of what love is and what it means to them. Relationships are complicated things. Every relationship is different, depending on the people involved. In the novels, "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz" and "Surfacing", we see...

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Ann Bradstreet's poem "To My Dear and Loving Husband," is an interesting poem because its style is romantic and the poet professes her undying love for her husband and makes it a point to make her husband aware of the extent of love and devotion she has for him. ...

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Aristotle is known to have said that a good tragedy needs to have one basic theme or plot. In the play Romeo and Juliet', this theme is love. Love of different kinds provides the base of all the excitement, anticipation and ultimately the tragedy of the play. There are many other themes that Shakes...

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The tension seems to grow throughout the night as Ann tries to make her intentions clear, Cecy attempts to "clarify" Ann's behavior in a positive and romantic manner and Tom reacts in complete and utter confusion. ...

• Word Count: 1907
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School