Love‚ Sacrifice‚ and Revolution During the French Revolution‚ the aristocracy and those suspected of helping them were slaughtered‚ causing people to take drastic measures to escape France and save themselves. In A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens‚ characters take drastic measures as well‚ but for other characters and not themselves. Why would they risk their sanity‚ hearing‚ or lives for the happiness of someone else? Dickens shows us many times that love is what pushes people to make sacrifices
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clearest illustration of Hugo’s love theme. When Jean Valjean first “saw Cosette‚ when he had taken her‚ carried her away and rescued her‚ he felt his heart moved”(Hugo‚ 183). After the death of Cosette’s and finding the little girl in such poor condition‚ the white-haired man feels obliged to take care of the poor girl. Not much time goes by before Cosette starts calling the man who “rescued”(183) her a “Father”(183)‚ and they begin to love each other. Their love becomes so great that Jean Valjean
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different attitudes towards love; I have selected four poems that consider this issue and show the poets true thoughts on love. Two of my texts‚ ‘Leaving Prince Charming Behind‚’ written by Karlo Mila and ‘Advice to a discarded Lover‚’ written by Fleur Adcock‚ both look at the theme of love and past relationships in a negative and quite a depressing manner. Whereas‚ the other two texts deal with both the poets sweet‚ happy and more realistic attitude towards the power of true love. ‘To the girl who stood
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Gatsby is showing his willingness to give up his life for Daisy. Gatsby also shows his charming side when he says “Old Sport” (Fitzgerald 47) this is charming because he is being a respectful gentleman. All together Gatsby is a very respectful and in love character who definitely tries hard to achieve his main goal of being with
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When people from other nations visit America‚ we are perceived as extremely ethnocentric citizens. Flags hang on every corner and the words “God bless America” are plastered on every wall: it is clear that Americans love their country and love expressing this adoration. This admiration does not exist to the extent that it did in ancient Athens‚ as most proud Americans would not die for their nation today. In Plato’s Crito‚ Socrates‚ a proud Athenian‚ does not hesitate to die in accordance to the
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1782‚ french writer Choderlos de Laclos writes ’Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ (Dangerous Liaisons)‚ which will become his most famous work‚ though it was a first considered as an attack against the nobles. In this epistolary novel‚ considered as the best of its genre‚ the story goes that way: Cecile‚ who has just left the convent‚ is betrothed to the Comte de Gercourt‚ former lover of the Marquise de Merteuil. Being angry with the Comte de Gercourt who abandoned her‚ to avenge herself‚ the Marquise de
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actions and sacrifices determine the person you are. Many times‚ one might be unaware of the blessings and advantages they have in life until they are left with nothing. In the play "King Lear" King Lear is a wealthy man that has everything anyone can desire: wealth‚ fame‚ luxuries‚ and a castle to live in. In this play‚ out of the kindness of his heart‚ King Lear decides to split his kingdom among two of his daughters in order to give the best future possible. King Lear made an immense sacrifice that impacted
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If you don’t sacrifice for what you want than what you want will be the sacrifice.” The gift of the magi is written by O. Henry it is a short story. The main characters are Mr. James Dillingham young and Ms. Della young. Della and James show many signs of sacrifice in through out the story. Sacrifice for those you love is very important in life. Della Shows many acts of sacrifice in the story. “ Will you by my hair” asked Della.” That is great example of sacrifice because Della
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from interpersonal affection ("I love my mother") to pleasure ("I loved that meal"). It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment.[1] It can also be a virtue representing human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection—"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another".[2] It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one ’s self or animals.[3] Ancient Greeks identified four forms of love: kinship or familiarity (in Greek
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Les Demoiselles d’Avignon was created during the 20th century and was a great contributor to the Cubist period. During the cubist period artists such as Picasso and Georges Braque created art that took an angular form. Characteristics of cubism would be flat‚ angular‚ fragmentation‚ nontraditional‚ and geometric. Les Demoiselles d’Avignon perfectly represents the cubist period because the forms the prostitutes portrayed in the painting are depicted with sharp angles as well as given geometric
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