Love Essays

The relationship between Okonkwo and his second with Ekwefi come across in various chapters of the novels; snippets of their relationship make a clearer picture as the novel progresses. Looking at Achebe’s language choices and narrative viewpoint their relationship shows a mixture of both anger and caring which comes apparent …

“The Merchant’s Tale is only rarely seen as humorous; most often it is noted for its darkness, its “unrelieved acidity”; it is said to offer a “perversion” of the courtly code.”1 I disagree with this statement made by J. S. P. Tatlock. Chaucer was successful at creating humour within his …

Courtly love is a common theme within the Franklin’s Tale, and different characters seem to have different attitudes and approaches towards the concept. For example, Aurelius seems to see it as a somewhat more lustful pursuit than Averagus; he presumably went through the process of courtly love to marry Dorigen, …

The opening of Enduring Love is very effective for many reasons, such as McEwan’s choice of words, the styles and techniques of his writing, and the themes that are introduced. McEwan intentionally places certain phrases throughout the opening that capture a reader and therefore provoke a sense of curiosity in …

Ian McEwan uses various aspect of narrative in order to tell the story in Chapter 12. In this chapter McEwan uses a first person retrospective for Joe as he narrates the story and this leads to the reader questioning the reliability of his thoughts and actions, therefore giving the reader …

‘Enduring Love’ encompasses the key message that the contrasting ideologies of science and emotion, cannot compliment each other, but in turn serve parallel meta-narratives, as expressed through the actions of Joe and Clarissa. McEwan directs the reader to believe in Joe’s rationality, where in Appendix One his assumptions are proved …

McEwan uses a large variety of literary techniques to create reader interest in Chapter Four of Enduring Love, through the use of form, language and structure. At the start of this chapter, McEwan uses time expansion over seemingly unimportant aspects of Joe’s morning while writing an article on the Hubble …

Although the histrionic, and complicated relationship shared between Joe and Jed is extremely compelling throughout ‘Enduring Love’, I find that there are other qualities in the novel that are of greater inducement. McEwan introduces many baleful subjects such as trauma, death, obsession, guilt, mental illness and the line between reality …

Chapter 12 gives us immense insight into the characters, especially Joe Rose. The chapter opens with Joe reflecting on his “sense of failure”. He reflects upon the fact that he no longer finds comfort in work nor what he did before. He states that “twenty years ago, I may have …

Toni Morrison enhances the novel Beloved by bestowing it with a supernatural dimension. Many readers may feel that the effect of slavery is diminished due to the supernatural element in the novel. It could allow the reader to perceive that the story is not factual and therefore the appalling effects …