1. Romanticism can be described as a cult of the autonomous isolated self. Explain how Goethe’s Sorrows of Young Werther exemplifies this mystique of inward personality. What role does childhood/childishness play in Werther’s love? What is it the love of? What ideal does it flee? What ideal does it embrace? Why does it logically end in suicide? Goethe’s character Werther is the inward personality because he lives not in the world of the real‚ but in his own mind. He has not entered the real sphere
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Romantic love has been the subject of endless contemplation for poets of all periods. Intangible and complex‚ love is the highest manifestation of humanity. No topic in poetry has received more attention than romantic love. Conversely‚ the ultimate expression of love is through poetry. In each poetic period‚ the representation of romantic love has been informed by the social and cultural values of the time. Thus‚ across time‚ attitudes towards romantic love have shifted with changing values and beliefs
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the theme of romantic love has been discussed in a thorough perspective. What is evident from the story is the kind of passion that exists between Calixta and Alcee. Although it is an illicit affair‚ Chopin demonstrates the affair as satisfying and liberating. She notes that it is during the love making with Alcee that Calixta finds her true happiness “her firm‚ elastic flesh knew for the first time its birthright”. The storm has been used to exemplify the true meaning of passionate love. The moment
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Love in today’s world has been strongly effected by the social and artistic factors of the past. The question of how has the social environment‚ in which love is taking place‚ effected the people that are in love. In stories like Romeo and Juliet‚ the social environment is the major aspect of the main character love life. Because of their feuding families‚ their love almost did not exisist‚ but at the same time‚ if their families where not in this situation‚ their love might not of been inspired
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The Nature of Romantic Love in Shakespeare’s As You Like It The Shakespearean comedy As You Like It‚ discusses the nature of love through the stories of four couples that demonstrate a variety of love situations. All of the couples in As You Like It exhibit some elements of ridiculous infatuation as well as elements of genuine connection in their relationships. This makes it possible to view love on all accounts as either genuine or ridiculous. The reader is able to decide how they would like to
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A central theme and topic in the play is love and marriage. It is a primary force motivation the plot and a reoccurring subject up for debate. Love and marriage is presented in different ways through different characters‚ which I will be taking a closer look at. Lady Bracknell represents the “proper” Victorian ways of society and her view on marriage is that it is a duty‚ not love or passion. It seems as if she does not believe that love and marriage go together. It is something you are expected
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According to Analects‚ what is the basis of good government? According to Analects‚ good government should follow some basic principles to ensure its success and rulers should have certain qualities in order to win the love‚ loyalty and support of their subjects. Hence the true meaning of good government should be concerned with establishing a strong rapport between those who rule and those who are being ruled to improve society. The improvement of society cannot happen if the ruler
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sacrament of initiation welcomes new members into the catholic community. Marriage is a sacrament that is traditionally celebrated and recognized as a Catholic practice. If a catholic wishes to marry in an Anglican church he or she must receive permission from a priest for the celebration to be recognized by the Catholic Church; however‚ the couple must raise the children of the marriage as Catholics. In my opinion‚ marriage should not be restricted to be celebrated in the Catholic Church. The church
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you imagine life without love? What a hollow‚ unhappy existence that would be! Medical Doctor and Author Dean Ornish wrote: "Love and intimacy are at a root of what makes us sick and what makes us well‚ what causes sadness and what brings happiness‚ what makes us suffer and what leads to healing". This shows that Love is a powerful one. The form of Love mentioned is not the sexual kind which of course has it’s own place. Rather it is a richer and more long lasting love which is not passive in the
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Many people want to have a romantic love in their life; however‚ romance is such abstract feeling so that we do not know whether it exists or not. In many cases‚ we can find that romantic love do exist in varieties of movie‚ song‚ and even books. Therefore‚ some people do believe that romantic love exists‚ and they feel that romantic love does not seem to be abstract. For example‚ we can find in many movies that the main male character sees the main female character‚ and then all of a sudden‚
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