"Romantic love causes more pain than joy." ... Even though many effects of Romantic and True love are the same, feelings and the reasons which cause the effects to take place, are what differentiate Romantic and True love. ... Both will cause joy, but only Romantic love will cause pain. ... A person is more likely to stumble upon True love in their cycle of Romantic love, than to find it. ... Romantic love seems flawed, while True love is perfect. ...

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The love could have been religious, where a person devotes themselves to a higher being, sexual, where the love between two people is simply physical, or romantic, where the love between two people is both physical and emotional. ... All the lover wants is for the one he loves to love him and be romantic with him. ... The reader understands that the lover has now sacrificed his personality and he cannot be himself unless he obtains the romantic love of this certain woman. In this poem, a lover has sacrificed his persona, happiness with life, and his appearance in order to acquire romantic lo...

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Love is the desire for the soul. ... Romeo and Juliet are too young at the time of their marriage when one considers the nature of their "romantic love"." ... It is implied that to this point, Juliet has not had a romantic interest in anyone. ... Lastly, Romeo and Juliet loved the idea of "being in love"" instead of truly loving the actual person. ... It is clear that the type of "love"" that Romeo and Juliet are experiencing is nothing but lust and an illusion of what appears to be love. ...

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This is true romantic love. ... Friendship love is one of greater complexity even than of romantic love. ... Love is not merely a need. Romantic love provides us with our most powerful form of intimacy, a sense of self, and an aura of grandeur that must be understood in its own terms, as an emotional strategy for enriching our world (Solomon 141). ... I thought, "But is it love?" ...

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Fall is always the season of wondrous love and romance. ... Picnic is a great way for me to spend a lazy romantic sun soaking day with my significant other. This is a romantic time for lovers to share special moments, fall in love, and renew commitments. ... There are a vast amount of possible picnic locations, but I love to have a romantic picnic along the beach. I believe the most romantic place in the entire world is on a beach. ...

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In The Quiet American, Fowler calls Pyle romantic. Being a romantic, it is his emotion, which drives him to act, not his reason. ... In these ways, Pyle is very romantic. ... Believing in love at first sight, he feels that he loves her and she loves him. ... Being a romantic, Pyle has allowed his emotion to overcome his reason. ...

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In The Quiet American, Fowler calls Pyle romantic. Being a romantic, it is his emotion, which drives him to act, not his reason. ... In these ways, Pyle is very romantic. ... Believing in love at first sight, he feels that he loves her and she loves him. ... Being a romantic, Pyle has allowed his emotion to overcome his reason. ...

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William Shakespeare defines love in different ways in his writing as either being romantic love, lust, or mature love. ... This type of love may not always be perfect. ... "Romeo and Juliet" is a play written by William Shakespeare, which has a romantic love, but however, ends as a tragedy. ... The two fall in love not knowing that their love for one another was going to be the cause of their deaths. Love is very powerful in this play and also portrays passion of being in love or hate. ...

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Different types of love are represented with Shakespeare's impeccable use of the English language, and through the use of figurative language, characterization and the Petrarchan convention, the subjects of unrequited, romantic, familial and courtly love are explored. ... In addition to idealistic, lovestruck romance, readers are presented with the tragedy that romantic love can cause. ... This use of such a tragic flaw of violent passion and irrationality positions readers to view romantic love as a potentially fatal emotion. ... This gives Paris false hope and satisfaction that Juliet ...

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The film has transcended time because of the romantic sacrifice, and that is where the main interest of this film remains today. ... Just because we may love a certain person does not always mean that we will be with that person for the rest of our lives. As I watched this, I was struck with the feeling that this movie was meant to be something else entirely, and that time has changed the original origins of the film into something more or less a romantic movie. ... By succumbing to love, these people will create damage upon that free world by ignoring the threat. ... Again sticking with the...

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Freud states: "Where they love they do not desire and where they desire they cannot love.""1 This debasement definitely disadvantages women, as they can never be sexually satisfying to their husbands. ... A man does not love his wife for who she is; rather, he loves his archetypal image of what she should be. ... 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. ... Clearly, there is no equality between man and woman today, in love and business. ... (Firestone 252) Romantic...

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Though most of the conflicts in the play stem from the troubles of romance, and even though the play involve many romantic elements, the play is not a romance. ... Conflict in romantic relationships is one reoccurring theme in this play. Often in the play's romantic relationships, disparity or inequality conflicts with the balance in the relationship. ... Two of the men are in love with Hermia and neither of them is in love with Helena. ... Oberon desire for the Indian boy overshadows his love for Titania. ...

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With true happiness, true love would often transpire. ... She also felt that she too would attain a love as strong and romantic as in her readings. ... This is due to her incapability of expressing unconditional love, her vivid imagination causing change for the worse, and chiefly because of her striving to live a romantic's life. ... His love relationship with Emma is rekindled. ... These flaws were her incapability to love unconditionally, her need for constant change, and her longing to live a romantic's life. ...

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I would die for love because love is all the solution for any conflict and people cannot survive without love and also people often give up everything just for love. ... Next, people cannot survive without love. Because the love is the basic need for people to live and without love, it is very hard for people to live day by day. ... Also, people often give up everything for love. ... It is not only for Romantic love, it could be love for country, love for friends or family members. ...

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The main theme of the novel is the power of Florentino's romantic love. ... However, the road to his love was filled with difficulties. ... Juvenal Urbino, however, also appears to hold love for Fermina. ... When Florentino was young, he first saw Fermina and fell in love with her, so much so that his love could was more like an obsession, controlling his behavior and actions. ... However, this love was based on appearance. ...

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In "Araby," James Joyce explores a theme of romantic disillusion. It is the story of first love; a display of what defies the ideal and dream of first love. ... In the boys love sickened state of mind he finds himself drawn towards the pain and agony that love has to offer. ... The romantic journey he had been experiencing had been lonely and an extremely one-sided affair. ... Joyce has portrayed a boy dealing with the adolescent struggles of love. ...

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An entertaining film which I believe would fall under the genre of historical drama with a romantic twist. ... The love triangle begins to develop early on and continues through until the end of the movie. ... How romantic I found that to be. Rafe first meets Evelyn and falls in love. ... The two now fall in love and all is well until Rafe returns. ...

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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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Despite the differences in time, familial love is still presented in a similar way. ... Nevertheless this investment in her son does result in the destruction of his attempts at romantic relationships with Clara and Miriam. ... 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 so he can have her to himself. ... Paul's love for his mother and Gertrude's love for him are fairly unspoken yet mutual. ....

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He was never a fan of the romantic era of writing that took place before him, but instead was the leading writer of literary realism in America. ... In the story it is very hard to decipher if Editha really loves George, or if she is just overtaken by the thoughts of true love and heroism. ... In many romantic stories he would have come back a year later, a hero, with a medal complimenting his bravery. ... When one is finished reading the story, it is evident that Howells is criticizing the romantic ways and is showing great enthusiasm in realism. ... Hopefully, with the evidence that has ...

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Also, Shakespeare displays that both the men in love, Romeo and Benedick, are very dangerous and reveal that love is potentially divisive. False love is the first evident important theme across Romeo and Juliet. ... Romeo forgets his love to Rosaline at the first moment he sees Juliet. ... The other side of symbolism is implied as he used the word "buy" this objectifies Hero; however, it could be seen as romantic as he describes her as extremely valuable as Shakespeare uses the "world" to be able to "buy" Hero. ... This is a smart way of displaying to the aud...

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The last part of the description tells us of her social skills, especially her knowledge of "remedies of love", an "art" which she well understands. ... 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 usu...

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Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage." ... I think as human beings we associate romantic love with a feeling of euphoria, flowers, and walking on air. ... I believe that I now know what it was; real love. ... Slowly he is starting to understand that I love him just as much as he loves me. ... The love I found in Allen has changed my life. ...

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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. ... If you love me, I don't love you, and if you don't love me, I love you". ... Carmen sings that she has never loved anyone as much as she loves him. ... The opera portrays the danger of the Romantic traits and the weaknesses they expose...

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Romeo is imaginative, believes love will cure everything in its path, and "loves light wings-(Act 2, scene two, line 66) had brought him to his true love; Juliet. Despite his impracticality, the ladies adore him because of his romantic language. ... It takes a very imaginative person to be romantic. ... Love is "of nothing first create!... Romeo's words to Juliet are romantic for the beginning of their conversation. ...

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