One main theme in The Tale of Genji is the idea of how relationships worked in the emperor's court in Japan one thousand years ago. I don't think that the story so much explains how all people acted towards one another, but rather gives insight to the culture and guidelines for courting and marriage...

One Day Homer Macauley signs up for a telegram delivery job and gets it. While he delivers these letters he discovers the truth about love, hope, and pain seeing the reactions on the faces of the people when they receive the message. He relates his life to the letters awaiting one from his br...

Romeo and Juliet is the story of star crossed lovers who take their lives in order to settle their feuding families. Romeo a Montague and Juliet a Capulet fall madly in love with each other. During the marriage Romeo is banished, and in order to see his maiden the friar believes it is necessary for ...

Katherine Chopin has a different opinion of love, marriage, than most writers of her day. In her writing she indicates to her readers that marriage, though built on a foundation of love can not contain passion. Love is considered a feeling that inspires passion, and romance. It continues on throug...