Hope In The Great Gatsby

Edna falls in love with Robert and is starting to find her selfhood as her passion for him grows. Robert awakened the loving and passionate side of Edna and she starts to see a future with him. Robert decides to put some space between him and Edna because he realized that he could not be fully committed to married woman in that society. As quoted in the novel “I love you-Goodby because I love you” (Chopin 125). Robert leaving puts Edna in disbelief because she depended on Robert’s love to live up to that expectation of the love life she desperately wanted with Robert.

Her use of rich characters, letters and public notices ensure readers that your actions and motivation can somewhat change your fate. It is the passionate emotions felt for Natan by Agnes that overshadow her from any sense any logic or reason, which lead to the foolish decisions that contribute to her death. With the use of rich characters, displayed with lust, passion, and other overwhelming emotions, Kent depicts love as a cause of happiness but also misery. Initially, Agnes finds a sense of worthiness due to Natans attention towards her, later on, she describes her love as “A hunger so deep, so capable of driving me into the night, that it terrified me.” Thus, highlighting that her love for Natan has indeed completely engulfed all of her senses, making her

Cyrano hides his disappointment masterfully and again demonstrates an air of happiness and wit for the people, though his heart is broken by Roxane's devastating news. In Act III, Cyrano and Christian form a collusion to woo Roxane with Christian's looks and Cyrano's words. To Roxane, it appears as though Christian embodies both the curls and the wit. However, the reader, Cyrano, and Christian are all aware of the fact that her dream is not reality. The famous balcony scene in Act III exhibits this theme of appearance versus reality exquisitely.

The day after him and Tom’s argument, Gatsby reassures Nick by believing, “I suppose Daisy’ll call,” (Fitz 154). The ignorant mind of Gatsby allows for him to believe after everything that happened between Tom and Daisy following the death of Myrtle, would let him still have a chance to win over Daisy. The pure obliviousness of this statement displays Gatsby’s unbearable optimism which will ultimately lead to his loss of Daisy and death. Gatsby had many gifts, but his most treasured is his, “extraordinary gift for hope,” (Fitz 2). The power of optimism is both beautiful and dangerous.

Imagine living in a perfect world. Nothing in this world can go wrong, nothing can do you harm, and nothing is out of reach. This is the world of an idealist- a person who forms or pursues ideals unrealistically. Although this philosophy would hold its believer in a constant daze of false happiness, when reality hits, it could be devastating. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, The Great Gatsby, main character Jay Gatsby is blinded by the fantasy of transforming himself into a famous figure of wealth and social status and, as a result, winning over his love, Daisy.

Gatsby had a forbidden love named Daisy who was married, but this did not stop Gatsby from achieving what he wanted. He thrived off of his lust for her and her world of seduction that captivated him. Gatsby had a belief that he may win Daisy’s heart if he was able to possess wealth. He was “devoted to the obsessive pursuit of wealth”. In Fitzgerald’s writings, the parties thrown by Gatsby kept his sense of youthfulness as he was still prime enough to enjoy the extravagant lure of women, alcohol, and other youthful people as well.

In Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare is saying that love isn't always easy and some people might want to stop you from loving someone. But if that person is your true love you should pursue them no matter what. There are three main ways he shows this in the play. For example when Eqeus tells Hermia that she can't marry Lysander, but they get married anyway. Another example is when Demetrius doesn't love Helena but Demetrius is Helena's true love so she keeps on pursuing him and they end up together.

Up until chapter 34, Elizabeth had only heard bad rumors about Mr. Darcy, such as him interfering with the relationship of her sister, Jane. Nonetheless, Mr. Darcy’s feelings toward Elizabeth increased to the point that it will not be repressed, thus proposing her. Although she rejected him rather harshly, she knew not how to support herself, and contemplated about how she should receive an offer of marriage from Mr. Darcy. This scene is important in that it alters Elizabeth’s opinion towards Mr. Darcy, and turns the story around in a way that this company

For instance, Juliet confesses to Romeo how she is, “…too fond, / And therefore thou mayst think my haviour light” (2.2.102-103). Juliet is aware that the speed at which she fell in love can be considered frivolous, which demonstrates how rushing love is not a mature decision. Juliet having to reassure Romeo that her love is valid implies that falling in love quickly is associated with false feelings. Moreover, Juliet offers her explanation of how she talked openly about her feelings without knowing Romeo was at her balcony, and she asks of Romeo not to, “impute this yielding to light love” (2.2.109).

This is just the beginning of their relationship, and Catherine is already developing it into something much more meaningful without Frederic realizing it. Catherine is trying to protect herself from being hurt again and she’s not fooled by his answers, but she accepts them because she knows that the risk is worth it. She believes that she can change his lifestyle and make him into a loyal man like her fiancee once was. Frederic, on the other hand, isn’t ready to commit and thinks that Catherine is crazy, but he’s attracted to her and will say anything he can to sleep with her. Frederic is naive and initially doesn’t want to fall in love as he admits, “I knew I did not love Catherine Barkley nor had any idea of loving her.

Although she loves both of them, her indecision stems from her struggle between what she wants and what society expects. She wants to marry Gatsby, for love and whatever it entails. Unfortunately, society wants her to marry Tom for everything but. She has loved both individually, Gatsby right away and Tom gradually, but when forced to choose she feels torn and can 't decide. While Tom gloats in the background, she explains woefully to Gatsby, "Oh, you want too much… I love you now—isn 't that enough?

When it is shared among two individuals, everything can seem right in the world. But love is a powerful entity as well. Its drug like effect can create envy and jealousy, irrational behavior, and it can make life miserable when it isn’t reciprocated. Esch’s growth throughout the book - from her first love, to being rejected, and to realizing that love surrounds her by way of family – shows that first love isn’t everything. Love can come from more than just a major crush on a boy.

As the novel goes on, we see a great issue between Holden and his troubling relationships with women, and pretty much everyone else. Holden sees women as easy to fall in love with for whenever they do something pretty, even if he thinks most of them are “stupid. Yet, even with his saying this, Holden cannot admit that he has some kind of feelings for Jane, an old friend whom he often thinks about throughout the book, and always wants to call but is never in the mood. If put through the eyes of Donald Hall, Literary and Cultural Theory, and his key principles based on Freudian theory, the reasons he does these things would be much clearer. He believes, in regard of Holden’s outburst with Sally confessing his love to her at an odd moment in chapter 17, that, “Holden has finally met a female willing to be with him and the very act enhances his feelings of rejection by his own mother.”

Whether the characters are flaunting an air of snootiness because of wealth, hopelessly romanticizing a woman who is not worth the time, or wishing for a sign in their current occupation, Fitzgerald draws back each word and action to one common theme. All the talk about unattainable goals and failed attempts to clench this dream makes you wonder if it really is achievable at all. The characters of this book believe that it is reachable, but they all seem to be stuck in the past. What is the American Dream? Is it the achievement of many awards?

The first time she meets Viola she is strongly attracted to her, charmed by her “tongue…face…limbs, actions and spirit.” Olivia is quickly infatuated with Viola, but never shows signs of true love for Viola, such as compassion or concern for the good of her. Olivia simply wants to have Viola and shows a selfish attitude that is not consistent with real love. Olivia is so focused on physical attractiveness that she cannot tell the difference between Viola and her twin brother Sebastian, who looks almost exactly the same. The fact that she mistakes Sebastian for Viola shows that she has not taken much notice of many of Viola’s qualities besides her physical traits.