People are motivated by many things but love and friendship can completely change a person’s way of living. In the novel, Troy, by Adele Geras a war has begun between two civilizations. The Greeks have waged war upon the Trojans because of their prince of Troy, Paris. A young married woman named Helen decided she would rather be with Paris of Troy then with her own husband, Menelaus of Sparta. Menelaus was distraught and wanted revenge which began The Trojan War. When love and friendship is involved they cause people to make uncharacteristic or rash decisions. At the beginning of the novel, Xanthe falls for a young man that came to the blood room. She seeks his attention but doesn’t understand what will change of her because of this. They are both inside of the Blood Room and Xanthe is speaking with …show more content…
“Why? What about Alaster? I haven’t seen him for a long time. Do you still love him? I never said that. Xanthe blushed. I never said I loved him. I just…’ You did though. You did love him. Can you deny it? If I’d known that this was about Alaster, I wouldn’t have let you talk to me.” (Geras 281) This quote proves that Xanthe changes the way she acts because of Alaster because she pretends that she doesn’t love him anymore so Iason doesn’t realize that she still does even though he already knows. When Iason and Xanthe are talking about what their future will uphold, Xanthe finds out that Iason has loved for as long as they have been friends. He also loves it when she comes to see him but gets mad when he realizes she just came to talk to him about Alaster.
“There’ll be friendship and shared memories, and late we’ll come together in the flesh of our children, but will I ever feel for Iason as I did...do...for Alaster?” (Geras 282) This quote proves that Xanthe changes the way she acts because of Alaster because she is even lying to herself what she tells herself that she did love him but then she says she till
Alyss concludes, “This marriage would please her mother, for her family’s sake” (Beddor 171). Alyss acts as a people pleaser when she accepts Leopold’s proposal. She doesn’t love Leopold, but accepts his proposal only to make her mother happy. Alyss has decided to no longer stand out and become like “every women” (Beddor 191). Alyss desires to conform and submit to ideas of society. She becomes normal and no longer stands out like odd Alyss. Mrs. Liddell exclaims “ The dress she had purchased months before, but which Alyss had always refused to wear it because she feared it would make her look normal”, Alyss now wears it ( Beddor 151). Alyss starts to dress like everyone in England. She no longer looks like a former Wonderlander, but becomes by all appearances a proper young
Alais is Henry’s mistress from a treaty that was made between France and England when she was young. In the play you learn that she is to marry whoever becomes the new king, but she does not want that to happen. Alais says, “ I do not like your Johnny.” Henry replies, “He’s a good boy.” Basically all Alais wants is for Henry to not disinherit being king and take her to be his permanent mistress. She is in love with Henry and throughout the play you come to realize that is not only her that loves him, but also henry, but of course he will not do anything about it
‘I accept, Leopold.’” (Beddor 98) Alyss has drastically matured since leaving Wonderland. She is getting married. Looking back to Part One Alyss had never imagined getting married while in Wonderland. Accepting Leopold’s proposal is a big piece of evidence, proving that Alyss has matured. Alyss seems to hold a grudge against Dodgson when he writes incorrect facts about Alyss in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. “She discovered that it had little to do with her….”(Beddor 89) This means that she has inherited a part of Redd. Redd holds a grudge against Genevieve when she takes over the throne and seeks revenge later on. This connection is an odd one. People would think that Alyss is a nice girl but, everyone inherits a bad side of someone. Maybe Alyss is more like Redd than she thought. Alyss’ appearance and actions have changed since being in London. In the story it says “The change was subtler things- the tilt of Alyss’ head, the particular sweep of her arms,her careful steps forward.” (Beddor 90) It seems like Alyss has started to forget about Wonderland. Also she acts more elegant and lady like instead of foolish and
When Lysander is speaking to Hermia in Act I, Scene I; he is both stating a truth about the mystery of love, as while as foreshadowing the upcoming trouble in the play. Egeus has made his demands that his daughter obey him and marry Demetrius. The tension between the father and the chosen lover of his daughter has set the conflict into motion. Demetrius has left with Theseus, Hippolyta and Egeus to discuss the wedding of the Duke of the Athens. The young lovers Lysander and Hermia are left on stage and he tells her in Lines 132-134: “For aught that I could ever read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth.” He speaks these words to comfort Hermia, but neither has any idea of the crazy night that will come in the
In act two scene two Lysander continues to insult Hermia. For example in the book it states “ Content with Hermia? No, I do repent…” (2.2.118-120). This shows that Lysander wants Helena’s love, but he is trying to hard to get it. In act three scene two Helena finds that both Lysander and Demetrius are “mocking” her. For example in the book it states “ ...I pray you,though you mock me, gentlemen.” (3.2.314). This shows that Helena doesn’t believe that Demetrius and Lysander “love” her. Oberon and Lysander find it impossible to control love.
Love is often misconstrued as an overwhelming force that characters have very little control over, but only because it is often mistaken for the sum of infatuation and greed. Love and greed tread a blurred line, with grey areas such as lust. In simplest terms, love is selfless and greed is selfish. From the agglomeration of mythological tales, people deduce that love overpowers characters, even that it drives them mad. However, they would be wrong as they would not have analyzed the instances in depth to discern whether or not the said instance revolves around true love. Alone, true love help characters to act with sound reasoning and logic, as shown by the tales of Zeus with his lovers Io and Europa in Edith Hamilton’s Mythology.
Although Hermia’s father did not want her to marry Lysander, she was madly in love with him and wanted to go against her fathers’ wishes just to be with him, and she did just that. By the end of the play, Hermia and Lysander’s relationship with one another was a success. True love is defined as a love worth fighting for and that is exactly what Hermia and Lysander did, they fought for each other.
...h, as she flees with Lysander. This blind love, for one man has made her completely disregard her will to stay alive. This is completely illogical because if she does die, then she would unable to be with Lysander anyway. In finality, the relationship between Hermia, her father, and Lysander is completely illogical due to the fact that Hermia completely disregards her will to love for the sake of being with one man.
For example, the central conflict and the main action of the play happen right in the first three scenes of act one, when Hermia’s dad Egeus goes to complain to Theseus that his daughter does not want to obey him to marry Demetrius a young man who has his consent to marry his daughter. Yet, Hermia is not in love with Demetrius, she is in love with Lysander, a young romantic and funny nobleman who is also in love with Hermia. On the other hand, Helena who is Hermia’s friend is deeply in love with Demetrius, but he does not love her as he is in love with Hermia. As a result of this conflict, Hermia and Lysander decide to run off to the woods to escape from their hierarchical society, where Demetrius and Helena later join them. Once in the woods, the story complicates things for the four lovers as Oberon, the winter fairy, tries to make Demetrius fall in love with Helena. But, this does not go according to his plan, as his servant Puck mistakenly puts the love potion on Lysander while he is asleep. This mistake causes Lysander to fall in love with Helena when he wakes up. In the effort to fix his servant’s mistake, Oberon enchants Demetrius with the love potion, and he too falls in love with Helena, when he wakes up. In the end, Oberon is able to lift off the enchantment of Lysander
Throughout the story Alaric felt as is he was alone and at times he didn’t know what to do. Alaric has lost his most important thing in his life. His dad isn’t helpful for him at all. The only person he has now is Naia. "I’m the only one left." (Lawrence pg. 249). Alaric and Naia’s family was heading down the river in a boat to seek Alaric’s happiness. Once they get to the end of the river, he gets off the boat and see that he’s the only person left
When Lysander comforts Hermia and they plan to elope, they show they are well-versed in the nature of mythical love (1.1.132-155). That they have this level of awareness contrasts painfully or comically with their later lack of self-possession. The exuberance of their rhetoric contrasts with the gravity of their situation, and I cannot conceive of these lines being performed in a way that could evoke deep feeling.
Ultimately`, William Shakespeare shows in many different ways throughout the play, ‘Romeo and Juliet’, that love is the more powerful force than hate. The readers see how the characters continuously forgive one another, even when the conditions are tough. The friendships between specific characters display a loving bond that cannot be broken with hate. Shakespeare demonstrates that Romeo and Juliet’s love can overpower the hate of many events in the play. He shows that their love can even overpower the death of one of their own family members. Romeo and Juliet’s love brings friendship between their feuding families. This story is a true example of how love can conquer all.
True love is the most powerful love in this story as it is the sort that hurts no one and is really from the heart. It is demonstrated when Lysander says " There, gentle Hermia, may I marry thee, and to that place the sharp Athenian law cannot pursue us. If thou lovest me, then, Steal forth thy father's house tomorrow night" act 1 scene 1 161-164. It shows that during those harsh times their love was strong enough to even risk the anger of their parents.
When Rosalind, Celia and Touchstone arrive in the forest of Arden they meet Silvius and Corin, an old shepherd, who are engaged in a conversation about love. Corin is advising his friend on how to treat the woman he loves. However, Silvius doubts the old shepherd's authority in such matters, for although Corin admits having been drawn into acts of madness for the sake of love during his youth, he cannot recall any of them. Silvius clearly manifests that if Corin has forgotten even the most insignificant detail of the actions love made him run into, then he has never been truly in love. Even more, Silvius also explains that a true lover never ceases to adore his lady in speech, even if this moves his listener to discomfort, and further explains that sincere love may drive a lover to interrupt a conversation out of passion. To prove this last point, Silvius suddenly interrupts his speech passionately crying the name of Phebe, his beloved, several times.
This point is emphasized when the two male characters ( lysander and Demetrius ) get poisoned. This wasn't just any ordinary poison it was more like a potion of love. The potion made them love the first creature they saw when they wake up from their slumber. Oberon and his servant puck were suppose to just put the love potion on Demetrius but they made a mistake and put it on lysander. When Lysander woke up, the first creature he saw was Helena. So as Oberon and Puck messed up they went back and tried again and they got it right this time and so Demetrius wakes up and sees Helena. As those to are “in love” with her she does not like it because she wants honesty out of a man and not just the trickery of the