Topic will be on gender relations and marriage in Renaissance Florence. The book “Giovanni and Lusanna” was written by historian Gene Brucker and its plot is well documented in the history book of Florence. In his book, Brucker discusses subject of love and marriage, customs and social rules of the Italian Renaissance. The main hero is a courageous Lussana di Benedetto , daughter of a Florentine artisan and widow of line-cloth manufacturer, who decides to challenge social and political hierarchies by in initiating a suit against Giovanni, a son of wealthy merchant family that is connected to the Medici’s, who she argued was her husband (Love and Marriage)One of the main themes of the book is the love and marriage
The novel is about a struggling friendship between two Jewish boys that are growing up in Brooklyn, New York during the end of World War II.
The setting takes place in Messina, “a bustling port city on the island of Sicily in southern Italy” in the 16th century. The Prince and his soldiers are finally coming home from a victorious battle which sets down a mood of merriment and relief. Shakespeare chooses to write that all of the soldiers have come back safe, so there are no public mourning. The characters immediately fall into a youthful bunch that still seek and play around with love. Claudio and Hero fall into a young love that they fall into easily.
Partly because of how she flawlessly set up the plot of the novel with multiple different viewpoints. The multiple first person viewpoints make this novel excellent, because it never becomes boring, gives the reader more information, and helps with the development of the characters. Her plot was perfect, and she used plenty of similes and metaphors, along with her cliffhangers, making the perfect
John Wade, the main character, helps the reader slowly understand the once hidden aspects of life. As the beginning of the novel depicts the present, with a couple’s location and marital problems. As the story begins to unfold, the readers soon come to the
I feel like it educated me a lot on the matter as well. Boyle does a great job at capturing all the aspects of the trials as well as the personal things in Dr. Sweet’s life. I appreciated how Boyle described all the good and bad parts of this controversial period in American history. Even though there are happy parts in the book like how Dr. Sweet won the trial he worked so hard to achieve, I didn’t particularly like how the end of the book ended so intensely. Dr. Sweet’s wife and child die due to sickness and he ultimately “went into his tiny bedroom, picked up a handgun, and put a bullet in his brain” 2.
Even though the novel was half in the way it was considered intensity as the rest of his
Corelli 's Mandolin is the story of a group of people whose lives become intertwined on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Italian and German occupation of World War II. Dr. Iannis lives on the island with his beautiful daughter, Pelagia. When Italy invades Greece, an Italian unit occupies the island under the command of Captain Antonio Corelli, who is housed with the doctor. The light-hearted Corelli is a musician by training and brings with him his mandolin, with which he entertains the doctor and his daughter, with whom he falls in love with.
1. The Beautiful and Damned: this novel tells the story of the handsome Anthony patch 's life. The novel follows the progression of his love for the beautiful Gloria Gilbert. It traces their attachment through their courtship and marriage through their endless parties to their financial difficulties and finally the fabricate achievement of Anthony. 2. Tales of the Jazz Age : it is a collection of short stories, divided into three separate parts according to the subject importance .
Even so, the novel rose to popularity and became critically acclaimed. However, it was bound to be criticised due to it's fairly blunt
Set against the backdrop of Naples, the characters in Ferrante’s My Brilliant Friend are immersed in a world of violence, ignorance, and poverty. Under this shadow, Elena and Lila struggle to define the past of their parents from their own future. In fact, it is the weight of despair that allows small moments of joy to become vibrant within the story; as James Wood describes, “deprivation gives details a snatched richness” (Wood 10). The luminosity of moments like when Elena travels to Ischia, when the two girls purchase Little Women, and lighting fireworks on New Years Eve, are integral to the depiction of brilliant friendship between them.
Romeo and Juliet is a classic play by William Shakespeare, In 1968 it was adapted in a full movie, and later on in 1996 was again adapted into the big screen, both movies have so many similarities and so many differences, in the 1968 movie it is a more realistic, more true to the script, but the 1996 movie takes place in verona beach in the US, in modern times, the sword fights are actually guns, both use shakespearean english, but the most important part of any Romeo and Juliet performance, is to show their love was never meant to be, both movies do an excellent job in portraying this concept, in this essay I will explore that Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is starcrossed is portrayed by the 1968 and 1996 version through the first time they meet in the party, the balcony scene, and the scene where they are in bed. The first time Romeo and Juliet meet is at the Capulet party, this is portrayed in both movies differently, in the 1996 version Romeo is walking by an aquarium, looking at the fish, when he sees juliet, their eyes meet and follow each other, but just as they were going to come face to face, Juliet’s nurse grabs her, and takes her away to dance with Paris her future husband. In the 1968 version Romeo is far away from Juliet, and he hides behind a column, she is dancing with some people, but she is too far away, and has lots of people between Romeo and Juliet.
1. D. Scarlatti (1685 – 1757) Sonata in G Minor K.426 Sonata in G Major K.427 The Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti, son of equally renowned composer Allesandro, wrote 555 sonatas for keyboard (mostly for harpsichord or fortepiano) during his lifetime. The letter K. before the number of the work stands for Ralph Kirkpatrick who produced a chronological edition of the sonatas in 1953.
Romeo and Juliet: Love or Lust? Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy composed by the English writer, playwright, and actor, William Shakespeare. It tells the story of two young star crossed lovers that meet against all odds at a Capulet party. Romeo and Juliet are not examples of true love because they were too immature, too problematic, and they had been experiencing only a shallow attraction toward one another.
Concertino for flute and piano, Op.107 Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) was a French composer and pianist. Her mother, a pianist and singer, provided young Cecile with her earliest musical instruction, who at a later age began to experiment in composition. Her father’s disagreement prevented her from attending the Paris Conservatoire, so instead she studied privately with members of its faculty, which included Benjamin Godard. She started composing music at the age of 8 and performed abroad at the age of 16. Chaminade became a successful composer and concert pianist in the early 1900s, with a tremendous popularity in the United States and was one of the first French female professional composers.
