All things do go a courting, in earth, or sea, or air, God hath made nothing single but thee in His world so fair! ... Theme This deep and meaningful poem has its central theme on that of love. It's encircles the age-old story of how love itself has been embedded into the very dawn of humanity, and tells us how important love is for Mankind, that it is necessary for happiness. It also focuses on how Man should strive to obtain' love, to try to understand it no matter what the cost. ... Paragraph 3 It teaches that the first Man and Woman were also no different, as well as ...

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However, Sylvia has a passionate love for nature and questions it by becoming infatuated with this young man. ... The white heron is not just a rare special bird to her but also becomes her friend as they sat and "watched the sea and morning together" while they were atop of the great pine tree (58). ... When she decides to make the difficult decision on climbing from the oak tree to the old pine tree it is nature who helps her: "the old pine tree must have loved its new dependent" (57). ... The old pine tree symbolizes power making Sylvia feel powerful and literally as if ...

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It is never Hawthorne's intention to lose the theme of the book by straying the reader's attention towards the love of Hester Prynne and the reverend Dimmesdale. ... *Hester, so "youthful and fair" (Hawthorne 55), is doomed to spent eternity with a poor misshapen Chillingsworth, "a deformed old figure, with a face that haunted men's memories longer than they liked" (Hawthorne 158). ... Assuming he's been lost at sea, Hester jumps at the chance to love another. ... Hester and Dimmesdale performed an act of adultery their night together, one of the commandments God forbid ma...

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Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young with older love, unrequited romantic love, obsessive love, sentimental love, spiritual love, forbidden love/romance, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial love, explosive and destructive love, and tragic love. ... The characters are usual for a romantic drama: a young man Noah Calhoun (main character), young woman Allison Hamilton (main character), strict parents Anne and John Hamilton, fiancé Lon Hammond Jr., girl on the side Martha Shaw (she wants to be on the first place, but there i...

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Upon his arrival, he arranges to meet with some old friends, one of which is Genevieve. ... She engages with a man, and they have a son together. ... The bond that they share is much like an old couples love, after 50 years of marriage. ... He attended schools at Sainte-Croix-du-Mans and Switzerland. ... Bernis' flights were also a theme of loneliness and what it does to people. ...

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Twelfth Night: Counterpoint The theme of counter point engulfs the play the Twelfth Night. ... This theme is apparent throughout the cast and story line. ... A friendly sea captain tells her about Orsino's love of Olivia, and Viola says that she would like to work in Olivia's home. ... Antonio cared for Sebastian after the shipwreck, and is attached to the young man. He cares for him so much so that he follows him to Orsino's sphere of influence, in spite of the fact that he and Orsino are old enemies. ...

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"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, /Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers" eyes, / Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers" tears, /What is it else? ... She asks after Romeo, and wonders about his background, clearly intrigued by this young man she has just met. ... One of the major themes of Shakespeare's imagery is that of light. ... Throughout the play, Lady Capulet seems older than her years, as she has a very serious outlook on life and indeed love. ... She describes Paris to Juliet as "a man of wax", trying to persuade, but by no means enforce, Juliet to at least pond...

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Chillingworth was bent finding Hester's man to seek his revenge for nine years. ... What does it mean to be a man or a woman? ... Despite that, Hester has a strength that can rival a man's. ... Instead, she had to beg another man, who had power, to save her daughter for her. ... "She needs no old woman's broomstick to fly withal!...

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