... someone else but fear to be its recipient. Even the narrator, in one of his or her digressions, goes into depth about the loneliness of love. The narrator describes love as a selfish, horrible experience, detrimental to the parties involved and a cause of great pain and suffering. The degradation of such an inherently human emotion as love evokes a strong emotional response from the ... reader, especially that of pity for the characters and their plight borne of an ignorance and misunderstanding of love. This initial pity by the ... encourages them to take McCullers' lesson to heart, an...

• Word Count: 426
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Graduate

... and Ethel, the pirates daughter", because at the time comedy plays were a big success. Instead, William creates a tragedy play, about "two star crossed lovers" from two different worlds who will fall deeply in love with each other and suffer the consequences of society around them that does not let them choose who they are to be with, but suffer from prearranged marriages ... with each other, to defy their parents, friends, and society just to be with each other. The movie, "Shakespeare in Love" and the theatrical performance of "Romeo and Juliet" closely parallel each other because bot...

• Word Count: 1874
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Graduate

... as he says: "Oh, you'll want this."," handing her a robe as if just made aware of her unease, his unintentionally complacent manner suggesting that he holds a position of power. Similarly, when she emerges from the bedroom, he asserts his authority by urging her to come on over by the fire, calmly appraising her with a flat, unwavering, almost clinical gaze. He continues to assert ... in the apartment scene, Madeleine's apparent motivations and mannerisms are in fact a fabrication created by Judy, an actress. The red robe that she wears as she steps out of the bedroom imbues her with an...

• Word Count: 868
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Graduate

... thorny for these two cultures to co-exist. Hatsue, encouraged to marry within her heritage by family and Mrs. Shigemura, an instructor of social savvy, began to distance herself from the passionate relationship as time went on, while Ishmael, blinded by his own fanatical interpretation of true love and abandonment, developed almost a homicidal abhorrence for this forsaken destiny. " " ... violently threw him off of his small fishing dinghy into the cold unforgiving depths of Amity Harbor. Ishmael's conscience finally fates Kabuo's freedom, however, as he reveals the overlooked evide...

• Word Count: 950
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Graduate