Star-Cross’d Lovers by Zhang and Hon Lam is showing us that love does not only consist happiness but sadness as well. The picture illustrates the love the mermaid and the angel have for each other. In most cases, love has to sacrifice just to be together to the person they love. Unfortunately, in the picture even if they love each other they still cannot be together. No matter what the circumstances they are in, giving up is not an option for them. The love, the sadness, and the vulnerability shown in the picture, lets the viewer see that love has no boundaries for characters. This picture shows the love they have for each other. For example, the eye contact they are making in the picture is clearly letting us know how transparent the …show more content…
Their environment does not allow them to be together. For example, the characters are frowning which shows how concerned and desperate they are to be together. Also, the angel is trying to reach the mermaid’s hand while she is covering her heart with both hands. It shows that the mermaid is scared of what the consequences their love might bring to their life.
The characters are vulnerable in their situation. They are different creatures coming from different worlds that’s why their love is Impossible. They are putting at risk their life just to be together. In the picture, the mermaid is on the ocean while the angel is above the water surface flying just to see her, but also it shows how the feathers of the angel are falling off and he is risking his life to the point of even drowning. Likewise, the mermaid knows the danger she is up to if she gets out of the water which can even cause her death.
To conclude, Star-Cross’d Lovers lets us know that love does not only consist of happiness but sadness as well. The mermaid and the angel are a good example of it, they are trying their best to be together even though they know their situation is really difficult. The love they have for each other is way stronger than their differences. But, they know they are risking their life if they keep trying to be together. Zhang and Hon Lam’s picture shows how powerful love can be in their life, and even if they cannot be together they
I personally loved everything that this poem stood for. I liked that this poem had two average people at its center. They were not young or insanely beautiful, but they still showed how amazing love can be and how love goes beyond everything. When it comes down to it love has no gender, age, race, or time it is just about humans loving other humans. In this week’s chapter it is discussed how romance itself has a huge cultural impact and this poem definitely connects with this idea. This poem also follows the cliche of love. The way that love is blinding and will conquer all is presented in a real and believable way, but then it can also be considered unrelatable for some because how romance is set up to be and how high the standards are for true love. Furthermore, I like the idea of love going beyond age, beauty, and time but realistically for most people they will never experience a love so intense. People can though understand how what is portrayed in the media is not how everyone experiences love and that people who differ from this unrealistic standard can still be in love in their own intense beautiful way.
...depicts human love as a product of maturity, whereas Disney depicts it as a cause of maturity” (Trites 4). This fundamental change of maturity in Disney’s version is where the problem rests, teaching audiences that seeking a mate is the path to maturity and independence for women, when in reality love is complicated and ever changing. The “disneyfication” of The Little Mermaid perpetuates negative aspects of American cultural ideals, losing the moral integrity and lessons intended to be taught from the original fairytale.
There are many kinds of love, relationships and companionship in the world. However, during some sensitive periods of time, some love is marked as forbidden love or guilty love. Some people had to give up their love, some people had to decide to hide their love forever, some people had to get rid of the result of the love to protect themselves under that background. Wayson Choy, the author of The Jade Peony, tries to use the conflicts in the novel to tell people what real love is. Therefore, in the novel, the three relationships are three kinds which are not easily accepted by people at that time. Love has nothing to do with nationality, love has nothing to do with age, love has nothing to do with gender.
“The mermaid swam with her prince toward the beach. She laid him in the fine white sand, taking care to place his head in the warm sunshine, far from the water. She also had to give up her voice, which she had done so willingly, endure tremendous amounts of pain to have the legs of a human, and give up her life as a mermaid as well as never be able to be with her sisters at the bottom of the ocean again. The little mermaid passed all of the tests that the universe threw at her, but in the end, she did not get to marry the prince and this is a great example of a message from the author that life can be unfair sometimes.
maintaining the course of their true love. A long standing couple, even the king and queen of fairies face the complications true love brings from time to time: “Ever true in loving be, / and the blots of Nature’s hand” (5.1.425-426...
Eileen Chang enjoys a passionate following both on Taiwan and mainland, and in her twenties, some extraordinary stories combine an unsettled, contemporary sensibility, alert to sexual politics and ambiguity. She always writes some classics of Chinese literature. Most of her stories are popular for young people because some of are poetic forms which can use for young people to praise love. Her most stories are also used in love films to encourage people to seek their love.
They let the things that can separate them bring them closer to each other. This poem teaches its readers that love takes sacrifice. Towards the ending on the poem the poet expresses what she is feeling, “She smiled, stretched her arms to take to heart the eldest daughter of her youngest son a quarter century away.” (Ling, 142) The quote shows that the poet traveled halfway around the world to meet her grandmother that she couldn’t communicate with.To sum up the poem, “Grandma Ling,” both the poet and the grandmother take huge sacrifices to see each other. The whole poem represents that love takes
In the end I questioned the ending. The young female in the relationship ended the love affair. Recently, I read the novel The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks. I compared and contrasted the similarities between the young lovers in Sparks book and Stand's poem. In the novel The Notebook, a young man, handsome, and caring falls in love with a young woman from another social class. In the end, the young woman chooses love over monetary stability.
Since no two relationships are alike, love can be expressed through different ways and can still be able to get across to a person’s significant other. The different views of expressing one’s love can be seen in the poem “Valentine,” by Carol Ann Duff, as one lover gives their lover an unusual gift for Valentine's Day. The other way it is shown, is in Julie Sheehan’s poem, “Hate Poem,” which displays one’s love for the other person, using a negative meaning to show how much they truly love the other person. The contrasting views of love in both “Valentine” and “Hate Poem,” are shown through the different perspectives, languages, and themes.
Love: Throughout the Shakespeare’s The Tempest, the audience encounters different kinds of love. Perhaps the most profound of these is the relationship between a father (Prospero) and daughter (Miranda). Because of they are doomed to this island, Prospero raised Miranda and therefore protects her with everything he has. In the play, Prospero describes Miranda as a “cherubim” or little angel who keeps him going (I.ii.155). Their relationship and their love show Prospero’s more humane side, and represents that even though Prospero is an all powerful man, behind his actions is his love for Miranda.
This is due to Shakespeare referring to both angels as “loves”, hinting at an infatuation with both the good and the bad of his own psyche. Shakespeare’s clear affection for both these parts inspires the idea that one perhaps cannot exist without the other; that the good can always be found through the bad, and the bad can be found lurking, creating shadows on the good, much like the Chinese
... image. Additionally, the color blue is unique; it casts an eerie feeling on the scene, almost as if their joining is holy or sacred. Finally, the last two lines are the culmination of this `saga': "And a voice less loud, thro' its joys and fears, / Than the two hearts beating each to each!" (ll. 11-12). Thus the poem concludes with boundless passion and bliss, and their love is represented by the powerful beating of their hearts.
Their love surpassed the hatred in which the families endured for generations. In the end, they both ended up killing themselves, for one could not live without the other. This story is a perfect example of true love.
...y reinforcing the spiritual nature of love, exploring the meaning behind the words, and creating a mood that evokes feelings in the reader, these three elements intensify the theme as they work interdependently throughout the poem. As real love unites the soul, these elements unite the reader to the poem taking him in a journey to beyond the lines and feel the message deeply. Therefore, the author succeeds in describing the nature of true love, a love that endures distance and transcends time and space. Likewise, although we may get separated from the poem physically after reading it, we cannot help but remain profoundly connected after our farewell.