The stories of Decameron IV, 1 & 5 and Decameron V, 4 have contrasting endings. The disparities of

Tragic accidents occurred in a world where two young teenagers met and fell in love. Many viewers have seen the story of Romeo and Juliet and numerous people have heard of it. Most of them do not know that the love story of Romeo and Juliet is very tragic and disastrous. Juliet’s parents are to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because they were unconcerned, controlling, and resenting of Juliet.

In life, sometimes random events will lead to one’s death. These two stories, “Popular Mechanics” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, both portray this idea. “Popular Mechanics,” written by Raymond Carver, has a baby torn apart by its own mother and father's hate for one another. The mother randomly saw the picture of the child and took it, and this stirred up emotions in the both of them. Enough emotions to stop paying attention to the child’s well being. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is written by Flannery O’Connor, and in it a family of six crash because of their cat, and a murderer of a sort drives by randomly, eventually leading to the death of them all. In these two stories, both the important characters die in the climax, and both characters, baby and cat, are catalysis in the story. The style of each story is negative writing and destructive in nature.

     This story is very insightful into a different culture and its perceptions of death. It shows that commitment and faith can take precedence to life itself. I think this story is timeless and could be applied as a measuring tool for commitment and honor in most societies. Love brings two people together and then takes their lives. I think this story glamorizes and distorts the reality of suicide and death. It seems to say, ?This is OK? go ahead. I think people should live until, well they are dead and

Fairy tales tell us that once upon a time a girl met a boy; they fell in love, and lived happily ever after. Reality is not that simple. Long-term relationships force couples to become more acquainted with each other, include themselves in each others’ worlds and eventually develop further connections. However, a relationship can come to an end point and therefore one will try to come back in the other’s life. This type of relationship is remarked in Fran Kimmel’s short story “Laundry Day”. The author suggests that getting rid of unhealthy relationship leads to happiness, the author uses the protagonist’s transformation, contrasting characters and symbols.

Their incompetence to draw line between their love and other ties can be said as a vital reason for their tragic end. The ingredients of family feud, immature teenage aspirations and the raging love between the

All of this shows how because of greed and jealousy, it often ended in bad actions, choices and results. Two stories ended in deaths and one story ended in guilt because of this. The authors showing through their stories how greed and jealousy can make everything crash and

     The novel, Ethan Frome, was mostly centered around the desires of three people, Ethan Frome, Zeena Frome, and Mattie Silver. Ethan and Zeena have a passionless marriage, which makes it hard for Ethan to feel loved. So Ethan decides to turn to someone else someone that has a mutual desire for him, Mattie Silver. Ethan and Mattie had deep passion for one another despite the fact that Ethan is married to Mattie’s cousin Zenna. They been trying to hide their feelings from the out side world, but their feelings for one another take over. They decided that if they couldn’t be together now than they would be together in the after life. After Zenna chooses to kick Mattie out of their home Ethan says that he will drive Mattie to the train station. It is then they decide to try and commit suicide. They sled right into a tree at the bottom of the hill they had stopped to sled on. They both lived but were hurt very badly. This just proves to show how immense a desire for another human can become. It can take over your thoughts and actions leaving you to feel hopeless and aspirated at the same time.

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

The dark and cynical writing that’s presented in both stories gives consequences of what is morally right even though it is clearly shows the cost of being selfish and wrong but it still have a price even if it means cheating someone out of their future.

The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is the tale of two desperate lovers, at antithetical ends of a violent feud, whose love affair meets a tragic end. But to what extent are these two lovers responsible for their own downfall or are they merely victims of harsh fate? Whilst Romeo and Juliet play a crucial role in the generation of their own demise, there are also a variety of external features that equally influence the hapless fate of the two “star cross’d lovers.” One of the most consequential of the external influences that prompted the demise of the fervent love affair is the violent feud between the lovers’ families.

In the story “Happy Endings” the author Margaret Atwood gives 6 scenarios in alphabetical order from A to F of how a couples life could play out over the span of their lives. In these six scenarios Atwood uses satire to emphasize how interchangeable and simple each couples life is. In this story Atwood uses character, style, and point of view to chastise the desire for the everyday common life and the concern for only the “whats” in life and not “how or why”.

In the end of both stories, both set of main characters die due to their love for each other and the consequences that came with their

Every relationship is not the best relationship because sometimes it is like your trapped and isolated so that makes it harder to adjust and bond. In the story “ The Story Of An Hour” Mrs. Mallard was in an overbearing relationship to where she felt trapped. However, her luck would soon change when she gets terrible news about her husband’s death. Meanwhile, the freedom that she thinks she has at that moment will soon be no more because her husband will not be dead. Furthermore, she will soon lose it once the news is broken to her about Mr. Mallard’s status of health. However, just from that, she will begin losing her sanity and herself all at once. And in the end, will die of a joy that kills or sadness that kills. This relationship can be good or bad because it is not always what the spouse wants (Chopin 720) “The Story Of An Hour” relationships are not for everyone simply because it is a commitment until death and some people aren’t as committed.

As the novel progresses, the two major themes of love altering one’s soul and misfortune being

Arranged marriages have been instituted for centuries in order to link families together for wealth, dominion, and peace. In the late 1500’s, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet became famous for its writing style and storyline. A true romance story consisting of defying the family 's wishes of an arranged marriage to be accompanied by the true love of their life. In Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet love was a dynamic force that eventually brought about the death of both Romeo and Juliet. Nearly 300 years later F. Scott Fitzgerald explores the similar dominance of love in his novel The Great Gatsby. Comparable to Romeo and Juliet many characters in The Great Gatsby exploit their marriage in order to be with another lover. In The Great Gatsby the desire for love of an outside companion to one 's marriage inevitably generates misery in the lives of those who partake. Throughout The Great Gatsby, Myrtle Wilson, Daisy Buchanan, and Jay Gatsby and all experience agony from committing or contributing to affairs. These characters have such a desire for love that it proposes they would die for it.