Love Is Only A Temporary Illusion In The Chaser By John Collier

As the Roaring Twenties emerged a century ago, the Harlem Renaissance, Jazz Age, and Prohibition Era had blossomed; flappers, bootleggers, the New York Stock Exchange, and classic cars became undeniable evidence that America achieved economic prosperity. Lots of partying, hip music, and strange fashion would then have been the cool new thing to do. Unfortunately, this decade had sparked a significant boom in materialism and immorality within the nation’s wealthy. Under the illusion of overwhelming luxury and sexual desires, adultery had emerged as well among the rich population: fake love was in the air. Whether it is affection, sex, or money; everybody has their own interpretation of love. One can see true love as a strong, positive emotion

The play A Midsummer Night's Dream is centered around themes that are seemingly apparent and clear: those of true love, false love, love's blindness and the inconstancy of love. However, this pattern of the themes of love dissipate to reveal that these themes are only apparent to the reader who wants them to exist. We want Lysander and Hermia to be in love; we want Demetrius to love Helena as she loves him, but the question arises as to whether these lovers are actually in love. Is Shakespeare providing us with a wholesome tale of true love or is he conveying something more raw, more provocative than that? When taking a closer look at this play, one sees a recurring pattern

This story is crucial for understanding Aristophanes thoughts about love. He has an idea that a human being without love will always feel incomplete. Humans are always in search for their halves, and that happens naturally, this desire is imbedded by nature. The only way to feel complete is to find the half that the one will love. I think Dostoevsky gives a great example of

In addition to the silly depiction of Carol and Howard as people who so dread public humiliation as singles that they gladly agree to attach themselves to the first appropriate suitor, Gallant also employs an ironic tone and various figurative terms of language to comment on the laughable yet somewhat pathetic circumstance in which the couple find themselves. Many distinctions are made between the ?illusion? of love as a wonderful thing complete with ?violets,? a ?misty background,? and the romantic ?moonlight,? and the actuality of a practical marriage. Though not every proposal can be so romantic, Gallant deliberately emphasizes the underwhelming quality

First, Most men don’t try to woo a girl anymore they try to find the easiest ways to get into a girl pants, and make them obsessed with the man so that he can have someone to cook, clean, and etc, in the story of The Chaser Mr. Austen tries to do just that. In the beginning of the story he isn’t really trying to look for something specific, the old man in the story offers him poison for whatever reason but Alan or Mr. Austen doesn’t want that he says “ I want nothing of that sort”(The Chaser) . The old man tells him how much the potion would cost for poison, but Alan says “ I hope all your mixtures are not as expensive”(The Chaser), as the old man goes on talking about how the “love potion” isn’t as expensive he states “Young people who need a love potion very seldom have five thousand dollars.

stories of the tragic effect of a love so strong that it can kill sets the table for the

Much Ado About Nothing is a classic play written by William Shakespeare. It follows the story of a young prince, Claudio, returning home after fighting in a war. Claudio has reached his prime and is ready to settle down. However, a lot more drama than necessary takes place, and as a result we are able to exam several different types of relationships in the play. The relationships between characters sets a definition for different kinds of love. The types of love to be studied include: romantic love, love between friends, and family love. By comparing and contrasting these different kinds of love and affection we will be able to understand the working relationships between the characters better.

“…when [he] looked at her his heart contracted…there was in the whole world no creature so near, so precious, and so important to him…” The most tragic consequence of all. Falling in love is supposed to be a happy experience, but for him, it causes pain and guilt because “He [feels] compassion for this life, still so warm…but…not far from beginning to fade and wither like his own.” He is an aging man in love with a woman far younger than him and realizes that he has sentenced Anna to a life and love in the dark.

Within Marie de France’s lais are found multiple complications within a love plot, and when the reader reaches the end of the tale, all of those difficulties are magically overcome. The idea of love strengthening while enduring hardships is a central plot in Marie de France. Within Marie’s stories such as “Guigemar”, “Le Frense”, and “Lanval” there are love stories that seem to overcome insurmountable complications. Rather, they seemed likely to lead to a tragic ending. However, through the power of love and what seems to be a magical force, everything is resolved and the couples whisk away to live their lives together, or experience another similar magical ending.

And the chaser is the glove cleaner which costs 5000 dollars. Because the buyer of the love potion will most likely be poor at the time he must later return to buy the glove cleaner to rectify his previous purchase of the love

Searching for Freedom Love can be shown in many ways and sometimes it can end up harming and suffocating your loved one if not shown correctly. This can be demonstrated by the two male protagonists in both short stories “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin do; showing their love in “harmful” ways. The actions and behaviors of these men lead their women to seek freedom in their own different ways. Both authors Gilman and Chopin emphasize on the same theme, using their unique events, settings, characters, and symbolism. However, the short stories do correspond in many ways; allowing one to compare between the two authors in which one can express the thoughts and elements clearer.

There is a man that is in love with you, but you do not love him. Would he try to win your heart with chocolate, flowers or even just talking to you. In The Chaser a man buys a love potion to win the love of his life's heart. In The Chaser the man looking for a love potion, his name is Alan Austen.

“The course of true love never did run smooth,” comments Lysander of love’s complications in an exchange with Hermia (Shakespeare I.i.136). Although the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream certainly deals with the difficulty of romance, it is not considered a true love story like Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare, as he unfolds the story, intentionally distances the audience from the emotions of the characters so he can caricature the anguish and burdens endured by the lovers. Through his masterful use of figurative language, Shakespeare examines the theme of the capricious and irrational nature of love.

In the short story “The Chaser” By John Collier the conflict man vs. man affects many different characters in different ways. Firstly, the conflict with Alan and Diana affects Alan by making him feel unloved. To demonstrate this Collier writes “"She will actually be jealous?" cried Alan in a rapture. "Of me?"” (Collier 2) Alan was so blown away by the effects of this potion and he so excited to be loved by Diana, even though it would not be real. Next, the same conflict with Alan and Diana affects the old man in a good way, the old man gets to gain some money because the old man believes that Alan would be back. To tell Alan in a non obvious way that he would be seeing him again, the old man says “au revoir” (Collier 3). In French, au revoir

Many songs have deeper meanings then what we truly think. Its important to really take time out of the day, and sit down to dissect the song to find its true meaning, or maybe even its multiple different meanings, that have been hidden away. The song Almost Lover, by A Fine Frenzy, is one of the songs that could have multiple different meanings behind it. The female singer of A Fine Frenzy, is named Alison Sudol. Alison Sudol is from Seattle, Washington. She was born December 23, 1984. She sings mainly Indie songs, and also stars in a few movies. In the song Almost Lover, she is singing about her lover leaving her behind. Its a slow, Indie song that has sweet, but sad music to it. Many questions arise when it comes to