Tom and Meredith-
Tom uses he for
sexual needs, doesn't
love her, abuses her
A Streetcar Named Desire
Stanley lusts after
Blanche- see's her in
bathtub constantly-
rapes her.
The Millers Tale- Geoffrey Chaucer
Nicholas lusts after Alisoun
(his landlords wife). Lusts after
her and wants to be sexually
pleased by her- "lemman, love
me al at-ones, Or I wol dyen,
also God me save!" (Make love
to me right now, or, by God, I’m
going to die!)
Mutual/ True love
The God of Small Things
Ammu and Velutha love each other-
share an intimate relationship that is
shunned by her family and society.
Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth accepts Mr Darcy's
proposal at the end of the novel
because she loves him and he
proposes because he loves her.
A View From the Bridge
Ruldolpho and Catherine both love
each other- go on dates, have sex
and eventually get engaged.
She Was a
Phantom of Delight-
William
Wordsworth
Loves his wife- praises
her "lovely apparition"
Happy Marriage
She was a Phantom of Delight-
William Wordsworth
Praises his wife- "lovely apparition" and
"perfect women"
Great Expectations
Herbert and Clara- marries her after her father
death he marries her because he loves her and
they move to Cairo
King Lear
Cordelia and France- marries her
even though she doesn't have a
dowry and lets her go help her
father
Unhappy marriage
A View from the Bridge
Eddie and Beatrice- “When
am I gonna be a wife again,
Eddie?” they have drifted
apart
The God of
Small Things
Mammachi and Pappachi-
he abuses her, she fears
him.
Death of a Salesman
Willy and Linda- he
cheats on her and
shouts at her e.g over
the cheese.
The Great Gatsby
Tom and Daisy- He cheats on
her and she's only married to
him for wealth.
One Flesh-
Elizabeth Jennings
Couple who are
married but lying
apart on separate
bed- "Lying apart now,
each in a separate
bed, He with a book,
keeping the light on
late, She like a girl
dreaming of
childhood"
Adultery
Death of a Salesman
Willy cheats on Linda
with his mistress.
A View from the Bridge
Eddie kisses Rudolpho and
Catherine
The Great Gatsby
Tom cheats on daisy
with Myrtle.
Myrtle is married to George
Wilson, owner of an auto-
shop
Divorce
The Age of Innocence
Countess Ellen Olenski
and Count Olenski- he
drove her aways with
misery and neglect.
The God of Small Things
Margret and Chacko- she doesn't want
to live with him and his family in India.
Marries Joe after moving back to
England.
Regret/Loss
The Going- Thomas Hardy
Hardy Laments about the loss
of his wife Emma and the last
moments with her.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche felt guilty of her
husbands juice- drank alcohol
to deal with his death
Death of a Salesman
Once Willy has dies Linda
visits his grave and tell
him they finally paid the
mortgage and cries
Great Expectations
Pip loves Estella but she
marries his enemy
Bentley Drummle
Homosexuality
Warming her pearls- Carol Anne Duffy
Adresses to her lesbian
mistress- "my mistress"
A Streetcar Named Desire
Blanche's late husband was
homosexual. She see's him
cheating on her with another
man and tell's him "you disgust
me" and then he kills himself
A View from the Bridge
Eddie kisses Rodolpho
The God of Small Things
Estha and the Lemondrink
Orangedrink man- prey's of Estha for a
sexual favour
Sibling love
The God of Small Things
Estha and Rahel- consider
each other as two bodies
one soul, leads to incest.
A Streetcar names Desire
Blanche and Stella-
Stella invites her to
live with her, go out
together
To my Brother George- John Keats
Poem is dressed to his
brother George- "E'en now,
dear George, while this for you
I write"
Paternal love
King Lear
Love's Cordelia the most- "Our dearest"
Death of a Salesman
Willy loves Biff- wants him to be
successful at life so he constantly
urges him to get a job where he
works as a door-to-door salesman
On my first Sonne- Ben Jonson
A fathers pain due to the death of his
son- "Farewell, thou child of my right
hand, and joy" and he addresses him as
"lov'd boy"
Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth is loved the least
by her mother because
she speaks her mind
however he father loves
her the most
Daddy- Plath
Unrequited
A Midsummer Nights Dream
Helena loves Demetrius but Demetrius loves Hermia because of
Puck. Helena's monologue she complains about Demetrius loving
her before he saw Hermia- "For ere Demetrius look'd on
Hermia's eyne, He hail'd down oaths that he was only mine; And
when this hail some heat from Hermia felt, So he dissolved, and
showers of oaths did melt"
God of Small Things
Chacko loves Margret and
wants to get back together but
she doesn't, she still loves Joe
Baby Kochamma
loves Father
Mulligan- Charitable
acts to impress and
and Joins a covent to
become a num.
Gives up and comes
home.
Maternal love
Death of a Salesman
Loves Biff and Happy
equally- admires them
shaving together
Catrin- Gillian Clarke
Giving birth "red rope of love" , 'we
want to be two, ourselves" narrator
admires child grown up "straight,
strong, long Brown hair and your rosy
Defiant glare"
The God of Small Things
Ammu loves both twins
equally- gets both new
outfits to welcome
Sophie Mol
Mammachi and Chacko-
loved him more than Ammu-
secret entrance for his
women
Forbidden
Anthony and
Cleopatra-
Shakespeare
Both are
engaged to
different people
yet express their
love to each
other