Far from the Madding Crowd Coursework - My dear Mary,

Far from the Madding Crowd Coursework My dear Mary, Love has its ups and downs, believe me. You must never make the mistakes that I made. True love only comes at a price. I should know. For it was only after years of knowing Gabriel and years of emotional suffering and disappointment that I realised he was the one. At the beginning I knew he liked me, and so I flirted with him and led him on. I often almost lost him, but I was so lucky that his love for me never faded. I will always remember the first time I set my eyes upon Gabriel. It was on a journey, which took me to Norcombe Hill. I remember it well. I was young and beautiful and no one knew it more than me! I sat in the carriage alone waiting for the Waggoner to return with the wagon's tailboard, which had gone missing. I couldn't resist but take a glimpse of my face in a mirror, which lay, wrapped up on my lap. This was one of my greatest weaknesses -vanity- and it led me to a lot of distress in the future. When the Waggoner had returned, within a few minutes we had reached a tollgate. A turnpike keeper stood in front. The Waggoner, by my demand, offered 2 pennies less than which was required for me to be able to pass. Gabriel must have heard the argument and out of his great kindness, which I only realised much later, he offered to pay the '2pence' extra. The terrible thing is, as I rode past him, he gazed at me but

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Explore the Presentation of Different Kinds of Love In a Room With a View and Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Sumeet Riar EXPLORE THE PRESENTATION OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF LOVE IN "A ROOM WITH A VIEW" AND "CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN" "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" is a successful novel about the impact of WW2 on Greece and relationships that survive or fade away as love is tested to extreme limits. The novel follows Dr Iannis, a single parent who brings humour and history into the novel. His daughter, Pelagia, matures through the harsh reality of young naïve love to love that is forbidden by society. The war is described through the eyes of a homosexual, who conveys ideal love but is only detested by society, which force him to have a future of complete suffering. "A Room with a View" is a social comedy, which concentrates on Lucy a young girl who experiences life and the meaning of love in Italy. She slowly falls for an unconventional George Emerson and learns to follow the power of her own heart. True love is depicted in both novels as a secret shared between the two characters, an enclosed experience from the society's barriers and love that can only be repressed as something forbidden. True love is shared between Lucy and George in "A Room with a View", a love that is repressed because George is of a lower class than Lucy. It is wrong for Lucy to fall in love with George, because her cousin Charlotte Bartlett, who epitomizes high class, sees George and his father as, "ill-bred

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Love Poetry

Poetry Assessment on 'Poetry about Love and Relationships' I am going to be comparing and contrasting Eileen McAuley's 'The Seduction' and Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress'. The reason that I have chosen to compare these two poems is because they both have the theme of passion, love and the lack of respect for women, however they portray the theme from different points of views. The main link between them is that they are both about seduction. 'The Seduction' is a contemporary narrative poem set in the 1980's, whilst 'To His Coy Mistress' is a mid seventeenth century lyric poem. Both poems may have similarity in theme; however they also have many differences as well as numerous other similarities. The main difference between the two poems is the fact that they are written in different time periods. Another difference is that both poets tackle the aspect of love differently and this is what sets the two poems apart. Eileen McAuley's 'The Seduction' is set against the bleak surroundings of Merseyside. It is about a teenage girl, who is fed by teenage magazines about love and ends up having an illusion about what love actually is. She meets a boy at a party, where he talks to her about football and ends up talking about the 'Milk Cup'. This shows us that he is self absorbed as he does not ask her about herself. After the party, he leads her 'to the quiet

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By close study of Valentine and I Wouldnt Thank You for a Valentine, show how Carol Ann Duffy and Liz Lochhead express their views on love.

By close study of "Valentine" and "I Wouldn't Thank You for a Valentine", show how Carol Ann Duffy and Liz Lochhead express their views on love. Red roses. Chocolates. Paper hearts. All of these things are usually linked to Valentine's Day, and love in general. Metaphysical poets used to compare their love to such things, in order to charm women. It was known as using a "conceit", often used in a very insincere way. The Metaphysicals intentions were not always honourable and were often exaggerated, and often used hyperboles by using conceits. The poems I am comparing do not show the good side of love, nor were they written in order to charm anybody. These poems mock Valentine's Day, and in Duffy's case, love in general. Both poets are against Valentine's Day, but Duffy seems to be more extreme in her hatred towards love. Both poems have similarities as well as differences. Both poets are female, which is unconventional because love poems are often written by male admirers to woo or compliment a female. Both poets are Scottish 20th Century feminists. Both of the poems are deliberately unconventional, in form as well as content, to break away from the traditional view of a love poem that has been created by Valentine's Day. When we consider "Valentine" by Carol Ann Duffy we notice is that it's not set out in a regular style of a traditional love poem that somebody like

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A Study of Relationships Based on Six Pre-1914 Short Stories

A Study of Relationships Based on Six Pre-1914 Short Stories In this essay, I will compare the relationships featured in six different pre-1914 short stories. The stories that I will be studying are: "The Unexpected", by Kate Chopin; "Tony Kytes, The Arch Deceiver", by Thomas Hardy; "News of The Engagement", by Arnold Bennett; "The Half Brothers", by Elizabeth Gaskell; "Country Living", by Guy de Maupassant; and "26 Men and a Girl", by Maxim Gorky. The first story I will assess is "The Unexpected", by Kate Chopin. The relationship between Randall and Dorothea was loving at first, they were extremely close and seemed to love each other a great deal: "The parting was bitter; the enforced separation ... too cruel an ordeal to bear." The story shows that Dorothea is not a conventional Victorian woman. The first example is, "the good-bye dragged with lingering kisses..." This would usually have been forbidden for a conventional Victorian woman, as parents usually forbade kissing, or even the couple being alone together, before marriage. Randall and Dorothea shared a loving relationship, but they seemed to love each other in different ways. In my opinion, Randall's love for Dorothea was sincere, and he cared deeply about her happiness and well-being: "If the worst should come I want you to have all I possess; what fortune I have must be yours." In contrast,

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"To compare the attitudes towards love at the time both poems were written

To compare the attitudes towards love at the time both poems were written "The Despairing Lover" written by William Walsh was written pre 1900 whilst the second poem "I Wouldn't Thank you for a Valentine" by Liz Lockhead was written in the 1990's. These poems are almost a century apart. Attitude towards love changes over time and these poems represent this. I Wouldn't Thank you for a Valentine is about how people think about Valentine's Day in the 1990's, while The Despairing Lover is showing what people think and how important they see love in the 1990's. In "The Despairing Lover" William Walsh sets out the poem like a story with a beginning a middle and an end. This narrative structure of the poem gives the poem three clear stages this making the poem clearer to the reader and enables the poets written words to portray his ideas with the poem. In the first stanza William Walsh is seen to be in 'anguish' over his loss of his lover. However in the second stanza his mood swings to being just unhappy to suicidal, "it's torment projecting and sadly reflecting'. This also shows how the poet William Walsh's mind is working. In the third stanza, the poet realizes he might get 'a new love.' William Walsh realises his loss and believes he can find someone else. The words used in the despairing lover shows Walsh emotions, for example the use of the word "anguish" instead of angry is

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Compare Carrol Ann Dufy to Andrew Marvell

Compare Carol Ann Duffy's 'Valentine' to Andrew Marvell's 'To his coy mistress' In this essay I am going to compare two poems, 'Valentine' written by Carol Ann Duffy and 'To His Coy Mistress', written by Andrew Marvell. The poem 'Valentine' was written in the twentieth century and the poem 'To His Coy Mistress' was written in the seventeenth century which developed many similarities and differences. The two poems are very similar because they show and express emotion about love or some kind of relationship. They differ because the poem 'Valentine' expresses ideas and feelings in complicated ways and 'To His Coy Mistress' expresses ideas in a simple and clear way. But does Carol Ann Duffy express her emotions in this way maybe because she's a woman and women tend to express their feelings more because of lack of self control, Whereas men tend not to express emotions and keep their feelings trapped inside them. Writing poetry maybe the way in which Duffy expresses her ideas and feelings not only to herself but also to the others. The poem 'Valentine' is about a woman expressing her love on the day of love, Valentine's Day. The speaker is talking to her lover and is trying to express the feelings which she has inside of her. Duffy describes her love by comparing the love to an onion which firstly comes about to be very unusual, but then becomes to be very familiar when thinking

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What is Love?

I. INTRODUCTION But love is such a mystery, I cannot find it out; For when I think I'm best resolv'd, I then am most in doubt. -- Sir John Suckling What is Love? This, not so simple question asks for an answer. The symptoms of love are familiar enough. A great change in one's behavior and thought; the fact that it seems that the whole universe has rolled itself up into the person of the beloved, something so wonderful that no one on earth has ever felt about someone before. Love is something we are all in, at least one time or another in our life. There are many different meanings for the word love and many people interpret it differently. When you love someone you care not only about them as a person, but also about their well being. When they are hurt, you feel hurt and when they are in pain, you feel also in pain. To be in love means to care about that person so deeply that your life would not be complete without them. Love is a great motivator. It causes us behave in a certain way towards people. It causes us to risk our lives. Love is complex and powerful. It often makes us be confused. Love is a spiritual phenomenon, it lies within us, we cannot see it, just feel it. Love is ecstasy and torment, freedom, and slavery. Love, makes the world go round. II. LOVE A. Definition of Love But to all this ideas, what is the real meaning of this thing called love?

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Pre 1914 Love Poetry

Pre 1914 Love Poetry Love has been conveyed in numerous ways throughout pre 1914 poetry. It has always been a popular subject to write about as it is such a fundamental human emotion, and one of the strongest. There are many ways to express themes of love in poetry, and different forms have surfaced during the different periods, to tie in with the popular culture of that particular time. The love poetry during the Romantic period was mostly aimed at trying to entice women, often by comparing their beauty to the beauty of nature and using pastoral idylls. Some of the poems we have been studying do just that. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love is one of the earliest poems we have studied. It is a pastoral idyll, written by Christopher Marlowe in 1599, at the time of the Renaissance, and it contains a lot of pastoral imagery. The word 'Renaissance' literally means 'rebirth of the Arts'. New ideas were entering the minds of society as this was the time of mathematicians and philosophers like Galileo and world explorations led by Walter Raleigh, Barents and Drake. Christopher Marlowe himself was an Elizabethan poet and dramatist. He had a fiery temper, and died in a pub brawl at the tender age of twenty-nine. The poem itself is not difficult to understand; Marlowe is trying to seduce his lover. He tempts her by telling her all the wonderful things he will do for her if she

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Love Poetry

Have the love poems, you have read given you a better insight into the emotion of love? The subject of 'Love Poetry' has given rise to some of the most beautiful and fascinating poetry. The poets illustrate their feelings, or the feelings of the people concerned with them through the use of figurative language. A love poem is not necessarily a poem about romantic love, about romance, marriage and commitment; it could be something else entirely. It seems to be Universal. Timeless. Yet, it's also very individual, filtered by our own lives and expectations. Love can be a different thing for each one of us. Not all love poems deal with happy positive sides of love but there is also the negative sides such as pain, sadness and loss. Through these poems 'When We Two Parted', 'Remember', 'First Love', 'How Do I Love Thee?', 'A Woman To Her Lover', and 'La Belle Dame Sans Merci' we become familiar with the different emotions associated with love. Christina Rossetti's 'Remember' is a poignant poem written in the 19th century about loss of love. Rossetti lived in the 19th century where people were often preoccupied with the idea of death and perhaps this is what influenced Rossetti. Rossetti shows the cruel hand of fate can interweave in love.' Remember', the title doesn't reveal much about the poem but as we read the first line 'Remember me', we know that the poem is written in first

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