Theme Of Love In Short Stories

One has never uncovered an exact definition of love as all authors struggled to find the true meaning. Because of this, there are various themes that all derive from this indescribable emotion. In the short stories, “The Man Who Loved Flowers,” “Regret,” “An Appointment with Love,” “Death by Scrabble,” and “Lamb to the Slaughter,” love is a prominent topic. There are different branches that root out from the topic of love, but all come about through specific aspects of characterization. Characterization specifically illuminates the topic of love in the short stories, “The Man Who Loved Flowers,” “An Appointment with Love,” and “Regret,” through the character’s action, dialogue, and the narration.

To begin, the theme in the “The Man Who Loved Flowers,” by Stephen King is love can transform into insanity, and it is based on the main character’s actions. In the story, he finds out that girl he gave flowers to was not Norma, “For a moment he felt lonely,

The love between M. Saval and Madame Sandres had lasted even though years and years had gone by as Madame Sandres said, “Great goose, what ails you? You might at least speak!” (Maupassant). Madame Sandres dialogue reveals that she too, has always loved M. Saval because it was the same phrase she said when M. Saval was on that walk with her which proves the theme of everlasting love. M. Saval’s actions of going back to the spot where he not confessed to Madame Sandres his love reveals the theme of how one cannot overcome love as it is inescapable and everlasting. He was in his old age and “sleeps alone,” but he still recalled a the memory of her and Madame Sandres walking. M. Saval has always had feelings for Madame Sandres. The narration describes M. Saval’s vulnerability to his loneliness and regret which builds up to the fact he has not gotten over Madame Sandres and is able to recall that event