The Lover

In the stories “The Lady or the Tiger”by Frank R. Stockton. and “The Most Dangerous Game.” By Richard Connell. It is apparent that in these two stories they have one common theme that applies to both main characters. How you may ask? Well in the Lady or the tiger you may choose innocent or guilty and the king has power but what happens if the king's daughter’s boyfriend gets thrown into the arena? In the Most dangerous game Rainsford gets to be hunted but in the end General Zaroff the hunter…

on the island eventually dies a mysterious death caused by a murderer who felt that he needed to take things into his own hands. However, in the short story “The Gray Wolf’s Haint” by Charles W. Chesnutt, a man was in love with woman. The woman’s “lover” got possessive and kills the other man. When the murderer gets scared of getting caught, he goes to a woman with witch-like powers to keep him alive. She creates a spell and tells him to bury it in a place that someone will not find it. The…

She had known she would be asked, she had decided what she would answer without the slightest hesitation, she had moved her hand to the right. The youth knew his lover would make the right choice. He creeped up slowly to the door with a bit of hesitation, and put his hand on the doorknob. The crowd’s eyes were glued to the courtier as his heart was trembling. Thousands of memories flashed through his mind in a split second, the whole arena was silent. He opened the door, shaking with…

Where art thou love All good stories revolve around some sort of theme or motive. The story illustrates a message to the reader through the installment of themes and distinct character motives. Themes, because they aren’t often directly stated, can be very deceiving. A motive for the story is to be blended throughout the plot. The Tragedy of Romeo & Juliet is a very complex yet simple piece of literature. Romeo & Juliet has many interpretations making it complex, yet all containing some essence…

title of the poem, “April Midnight” itself gives the hint that the poem is about love. In the first line, “Side by Side through the streets at midnight” (1) itself the poet indirectly indicates that he is not alone, he is with someone in fact his lover. They are…

the story, since the relationships are meddled with and finally mended after Oberon’s servant and troublemaker Puck messes up. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, true love seems to exist because of the fact that it is influenced by a divine being, the lovers triumph their hardships together, and both couples strive to love even when the other does not love them back. First off, true love can be affected by a divine being, and this is shown in A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This is because of the fact…

Republic of Love, respectively, depicting the changing influence of parents on lovers. Women in Love was a novel in which parents had very little, if any, influence on the authenticity of their children’s love, whereas The Republic of Love revealed a marked increase of parental influence. Along the same time frame, there was also an expansion of women’s rights that may have played a contributing role to the role of parents on lovers. An analysis of Women in Love and The Republic of Love reveals…

strong-then" to indicate a love meeting between a male and female. The poem carries erotic implications aroused by the home image. The meeting, however, does not lead to the consummation of the lovers' passions. It ends with the lover accompanying the poet to the doors of her nearby house. The separation of the lovers happens peacefully without any fears on the part of the…

Both pairs of lovers made rash decisions deciding to kill themselves, but in Shakespeare’s play the readers got to know the characters and grew more attached to them, making Romeo and Juliet’s death have more of an emotional effect on the readers. Juliet and Thisbe both…

her to "get thee to church o'thursday / or never look me in the face." It is predominantly because of Capulet's lack of leniency shown in the quote that forces Juliet to turn to Friar Lawrence for a solution. As a result, the plan that kills the two lovers was set in motion.…