Love Essays

These two poems were written by the Victorian poet, Robert Browning. In ‘The Laboratory’ and ‘Porphyria’s Lover’ there are lots of differences but many similarities also. ‘The Laboratory’ is a poem about a women’s jealousy, who is determined to poison her rival in love. It is written as a dramatic …

Heaney presents male relationships in many different ways, through many different angles in Digging and Follower. The most obvious comparison that can be constructed between the two is that of Heaney’s apparent feeling of proudness and admiration towards his father, this is most prominent in Follower where we are told …

It is possible to classify the types of relationships in this novel into three categories: Established marriages, marriages which occur during the story, and failed love affairs. It is interesting to note the way Dickens looks at marriages in the novel. He was, by all accounts, a person who had …

In ‘An Inspector Calls’, there are four immensely strong and prominent relationships, which do not simply add dramatic effect, but are responsible for making the play work at all. These are the relationship between the Birling family members, the relationship between the Birlings and other people, most importantly the Crofts, …

n the poems Sonnet 130, Havisham, Kid and On my first Sonne, the key rheme of love is explored. Traditionally, love in poems is romantic but other interpretations of love theme are also explored, such as parent and child, idolised love, friendship and sibling love. In these poems, other emotions …

Charles Dickens shows in his writing that he was affected by his life experiences. Dickens concentrates in his writing how children are treated in the Victorian times showing that he didn’t like how children were seen but not heard, and how poorly they were treated, like himself when he was …

The relationship between Pip and Joe is one of the focal points of ‘Great Expectations.’ Initially there is a strong, brotherly bond between the two. Their relationship then breaks down as Pip, feeling ashamed of his background and upbringing, moves to London to pursue his dream of being a gentleman. …

A prodigious part of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is devoted to the relationship between Estella and Ms. Havisham. Although it may seem like Ms. Havisham has adopted Estella only to get revenge on men, she actually loves Estella and is making her cold hearted because she doesn’t want her …

No matter from which angle it is looked at, Christina Rossetti’s ‘Goblin Market’ is fundamentally a battle of good against evil. Throughout her lifetime, Rossetti insisted that this poem should be treated as nothing more than a harmless fairytale. If one look’s at the poem from its intended angle, a …

Both poets express their insight into the knowledge that the world will not stop regardless of the loss of mankind. This, however, is where the similarity ends. Both writers are expressing their own personal way of dealing with losing someone close to them. On Auden’s side, there is bitterness in …