Romance Tradition and the Frame Narrative in The Princess Bride William Goldman's The Princess Bride is a metafictional story that both celebrates and questions various aspects of the romance tradition. The romance tradition is celebrated in The Princess Bride through a heroic tale of fantasy and happy endings. ... At the same time the book is a celebration of the romance tradition by the simple fact that it is written within the tradition itself. ... The story can be read entirely as a traditional romance, and it works well when read that way. ... The use of the superlatives t...

• Word Count: 1401
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Irony is put to effect late in the book when used to describe the Joy of the Court. ... Lancelot shows his loyalty to the Queen by risking his reputation and doing poorly, and then winning the tournament for the Queen once she allows him to try his best. ... The Knight with the Lion is the last story we read in Arthurian romances. ... I found that this story was the most interesting out of the three in Arthurian Romances. ... Whenever they see the opportunity they always jump right into a fight just to try to prove that they are the best man. ...

• Word Count: 1323
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the best known books by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens). ... Much of the book is conversations between Tom and his friends. ... Huck Finn is Tom's best friend. ... On the one hand, he tells four entertaining stories: Tom and Becky's romance in chapters III, IV, VI, VII, and XX; Dr. ... I would recommend this book to young and old because it has humor, romance, adventure, and conflict. ...

• Word Count: 773
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The story was turned into a full blown adventurous romance for the nineties crowd. The few who have read the novel might not agree with director Michael Mann's adaptation, as he took just the best moments from the story to create a flawed, but appealing piece of entertainment. ... The romance kicks in as Cora's attraction grows for the strong, soft-spoken warrior, Hawkeye, who is a far contrast from British Major Heyward, who is also competing for her affection. Michael Mann makes relatively few films, however, each film stands as one of the best of its year, including Heat in 19...

• Word Count: 325
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

(World Book Millennium 2000 71) He is the best of walkers and the best of riders. ... (World Book Millennium 2000 71) He is a hero of the Arthurian legend and romance and a loyal supporter of King Arthur. In the verse romances of Chrétien de Troys, Gawain was never the hero but always a leading character displaying outstanding prowess or skill. However, in the great prose romances of the 13th Century, known as the Vulgate Cycle, Gawain was no longer seen as THE IDEAL KNIGHT. This coincided with the "Grail- themes emerging as an important element of the Arthurian romance. ...

• Word Count: 840
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

It was more of a romance with little historical accuracy. ... It added a side never presented in class that of the possibility of romance during war. ... When Rafe gets shot down and is presumed dead, his best friend Danny steps in to console a grieving Evelyn. ... Not nearly so captivating when read straight off pages in a history book. ... Romance during war while making history. ...

• Word Count: 561
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

It was a romance novel in Chinese. ... From that time, books became my best friend. ... She told me that was originated from a book written by VC Andrew, and a book is usually much better than a movie. I bought the book the next day. ... It took me two weeks to finish the book. ...

• Word Count: 647
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The end of this novel is the best part. ... The most important characters are the four best friends: D"Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis. ... The overall theme of the book is friendship. Other themes may be: romance, honour, ambition and power. ... His writing also combines history and romance together along with scandals and fights. ...

• Word Count: 1188
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Jacqueline was educated at the best of private schools. ... Their romance progressed slowly and privately, but their wedding at Newport in 1953 attracted nationwide publicity. ... I don't recommend this book for anyone to read! ... So being interested in the beginning of the book made me impelled to read the rest, but as I read on I wanted to throw the book away. On the other hand I do recommend this book to write a book report on, there is a lot of information to get good material, but as far as reading for fun you should set this book down and leave it in the library. ...

• Word Count: 486
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Jacqueline was educated at the best of private schools. ... Their romance progressed slowly and privately, but their wedding at Newport in 1953 attracted nationwide publicity. ... I don't recommend this book for anyone to read! ... So being interested in the beginning of the book made me impelled to read the rest, but as I read on I wanted to throw the book away. On the other hand I do recommend this book to write a book report on, there is a lot of information to get good material, but as far as reading for fun you should set this book down and leave it in the library. ...

• Word Count: 425
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In  The Book of the Duchess, the poet is introduced in the first person. ... The narrator then falls asleep on his book and experiences so strange and wonderful a dream that, he says, no one on earth can properly interpret it. Not even the famous Biblical interpreter of dreams, Joseph, who read dreams for Pharaoh (see  Genesis, Book 41), nor Macrobius, the late Roman author who wrote a famous (in Chaucer's day) commentary on  Cicero's  Dream of Scipio, would have the skill to read the fantastic dream the narrator had that night. ... The Book of the Duchess, The Dream (Lines 291-...

• Word Count: 5753
• Approx Pages: 23
• Grade Level: High School

That is not to say that the book is not exciting, quite the contrary in fact. The action scenes are packed with the stuff of frontier romances, depicting life in a strange land inhabited by strange people and beautiful women. ... Its style has been copied for decades, and it may have very well established the "frontier romance" genre. ... Rather, he read widely in the best authorities on individual tribes; in particular, we know that he read of the Delawares in Heckewelder and of the Plains Indians in Biddle's account of the expedition of Lewis and Clark..." ... However, it is important ...

• Word Count: 1482
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Some of the poems Neruda wrote at that time are to be found in his first published book: Crepusculario (1923). The following year saw the publication of Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada, one of his best-known and most translated works. ... Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada, means Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, which was edited in June, 1924.He said that "this book was a painful book that contains one of his most tormented adolescent passions, mixed with some of the nature of the southern part of his country. ... The Twenty Poems is about the romance in...

• Word Count: 507
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Some of the poems Neruda wrote at that time are to be found in his first published book: Crepusculario (1923). The following year saw the publication of Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada, one of his best-known and most translated works. ... Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada, means Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair, which was edited in June, 1924.He said that "this book was a painful book that contains one of his most tormented adolescent passions, mixed with some of the nature of the southern part of his country. ... The Twenty Poems is about the romance in...

• Word Count: 507
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Roy Lichtenstein was a pioneer of the Pop Art Movement best known for his oversized comic book-style images. ... His inspiration came from comic book images, romance tabloids, advertisements and commercial artwork. ... The comics Lichtenstein used as sources were relatively unknown but they were of decided typologies - war and romance. ...

• Word Count: 735
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Therefore, what will be discussed in this paper are the major contributions Chaucer added to the English language in regards to the style he wrote in, dialect, pronunciation, spelling and grammar, borrowing of romance words, his influence as an English poet, and revolutionizing literary genres that not only depicted who Chaucer was and what he did for English in his time, but also had a lasting effect on future contemporaries and his literature would become timeless. ... Chaucer himself drew attention to this in Troilus and Criseyde (Book V, ll 1793-4): And for ther is so gret diversite ...

• Word Count: 5443
• Approx Pages: 22
• Grade Level: High School

Realism can be found throughout the book The Good Earth some of the realism is Wang Lung had a arranged marriage not true love, there are slaves, and Wang Lung grows up in a poor family and poor people are all over the earth. ... Wang Lung and O-lan continue their lives as husband and wife, but never is there any mention of romance or love between the two. ... This is best choice for a book because if they didn't put in the chinese culture and put in what we wanted to hear, we would have that connection with the book. ... If realism isn't in the books people never get the connectio...

• Word Count: 531
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Wells has written many scientific romances. ... Wells writes scientific romances. ... His Outline of History is perhaps the best one-volume history of humankind ever compiled by a single author (Ranson 101). ... Well's first book was Select Conversations With an Uncle (http://library.thinkquest.org/27864/data/wells/hgwworks.html). ... Wells wrote scientific romances more than any other type of writings because he enjoyed the future and has had plenty of experience in romances. ...

• Word Count: 1053
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the ideal English romance, women are central and placed on pedestals, revered and somewhat worshipped. ... The Templar Brian de Bois-Guilbert represents the church's military wing, but this supposed knight is an outright villain as the book soon reveals. ... In King Arthur, Lancelot is added by the Norman writers to spark excitement, curiosity, and romance. ... In the case of Arthur, Lancelot, his best friend, and Guenivere, his wife, "plot" against Arthur by their affair together. ... The use of a supernatural force is not very present, but criticism of the medieval church runs throug...

• Word Count: 1187
• Approx Pages: 5

Wuthering Heights: The Movie or the Book? ... Wuthering Heights is a work rich with human emotions such as love, romance, passion, revenge, and violence. ... Further, Emily Bronte would have recognised it as the book she wrote. ... The book has been filmed faithfully, from beginning to end. ... Aside from the film's characters, the locations are superb; the Yorkshire Dales at their grim, wet, windswept best. ...

• Word Count: 1550
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, as the story progresses, Wharton begins to derail from the conventional plot of a romance novel. ... Evidently, fate is not reliable to always bring about the best outcome in a person's life. ... If Ethan Frome was a common romance story, it would end with the energetic girl getting the man and living happily ever after. ... Ethan Frome is worthwhile to read because the ironic situations within the book work to develop the unique notion that fate does not always ensure a positive outlook. ... The ingenious use of irony within the book ultimately allows it to be defined as a class...

• Word Count: 1393
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

They were the next best thing to the gods. ... (Romance 78) In asking this they are showing respect and love for the Queen, but by doing this they are also disrespecting the King by questioning his decisions. Also in Dante's book, the Inferno, there are plenty of other examples of the veneration of women, such as when the story of his love for Beatrice is described. ... An example of this would be when Brangien says: "Iseult, God has worked a miracle for you, for he is compassionate and will not hurt the innocent in heart"(Romance 66). ... (Romance 63) when he is telling of troubles...

• Word Count: 1437
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Daisy said that it is best for Benjamin to leave believing he cannot be a father figure to his daughter due to his reverse aging and despite his despicable disease he was facing he did try to prove to be a good father to Caroline. ... He wasn't abandoned at birth in the book he was left in a local nursing home. ... Audiences of every age will be drawn to Brad Pitt and his performance of a sweet but yet headstrong aging character and the romance that is kindled between him and Daisy. ...

• Word Count: 878
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The book Jane Eyre is a moral tale based on the art of society, characters, and situations of the tale. ... The romance builds up after flees Thornfield and Rochester and gets put out a Whitcross because she used up her fair (Magill 420). ... AHis existence, at best only hinted in the neighborhood@(Bloom). ...

• Word Count: 441
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School