A Comparative Analysis of Love Suicide at Amijima and Oroonoko‚ the Royal Prince Jessica Gaitor Professor Ousman 3/1/13 The Love Suicides at Amijima is a dramatic and romantic story that shows a more complex look on love‚ whilst Oroonoko gives a classic take on a universal love story‚ that everyone can depend on‚ a love everlasting. Both of these stories are culturally diverse and dramatically entertain them. Looking at how each story encounters love‚ marriage and suicide will effectively
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paper discusses how suicide is viewed in Japanese society‚ and how a greater understanding can be gained of the Japanese viewpoint on voluntary death by a study of Chikamatsu Monzaemon’s famous drama "The Love Suicides at Amijima." The writer provides an overview of Chikamatsu’s life‚ literary career and the era in which he lived in the second half of the 17th century. The theatrical traditions in which he wrote are described as well. His domestic tragedy‚ "The Love Suicides at Amijima‚" is described
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Although dealing with similar topics of love‚ Love Suicides at Amijima and House of Trials use disguises and deceit in different ways. Love Suicides at Amijima uses disguises in a serious manner by focusing on social hierarchy. For instance‚ there is no cross dressing or outrageous disguise like there is in House of Trials. House of Trials uses a humorous approach to deceit and disguise by having stock characters and setting in one place makes it more clumpy and chaotic. In most cases‚ disguises
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The Love Suicides at Amijima is a Japanese play written by Chikamatsu Monzaemon. The play is about two characters’ name Koharu and Jihei who commits suicide for the love they had at each other. They also wanted to be born again together in Buddhist Pure Land. The Love Suicides at Amijima is a very well written play for a few reasons. First‚ Its gives a greater understanding of the Japanese viewpoint on suicide. Second‚ he was one of the best Bunraku artists and this play was performed when puppets
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The Love Suicides at Amijima was created by Chikamatsu Monzaemon in 1721. This play was originally written as jōruri‚ better known as puppet theatre but was later performed into kabuki‚ the form of theater in which a play is interpreted through dance and song. The Love Suicides at Amijima was created during a time period called the Edo Period‚ this point in history was critical to the different forms of literature and art. During this period‚ Monzaemon as well as other artists became popular amongst
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Love Suicide In the Love Suicide in Amijima‚ the ideas of Confucianism‚ Buddhism‚ Taoism‚ and/or Shintoism (e.g. filial piety‚ chastity‚ salvation‚ karma‚ impermanence‚ etc) appear in conversations between characters‚ but quite differently from what we have seen in our previous readings. Choose one or two character(s)‚ and describe how the ideas affect the ways in which he or she acts‚ speaks. The ideas of Confucianism and Buddhism are highly conveyed in the play‚ The Love Suicides of Amijima
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In Aphra Behn’s short novel Oroonoko‚ she tells the tragic love story about the grandson of an African king who falls in love with a girl named Imoinda‚ the daughter of the king’s top general. Unfortunately‚ the king also falls in love with Imoinda who demands that she becomes his wife. Imoinda‚ who shares her feelings with Oroonoko spends time with him instead of the king‚ the king eventually discovers their love. Enraged‚ the king sells Imoinda as a slave while Oroonoko is taken by a brutal slave
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fantastic goal or status‚ or even someone who has accomplished a great task. Heroism consists of always striving to do what is right‚ rather than what is pleasant‚ or convenient‚ or what everyone else is doing. In the stories "Candide" and "The Love Suicides at Amijima‚" it is proved that almost anyone can be a hero. This is established when people of the so called "middle class" emerge as heroes. Candide finds himself in several situations where it is necessary to be a hero. The first situation in which
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“The Tragedy of a Desperate and Hopeless Love” What are the limits of love? Is despairing love boundless and its ill-fated actions expected to be understood? How far is too far in an attempt to ease the hurt of a broken heart? These are questions that many have asked since the beginning of time to which no one has ever really adequately answered. This satiating of an intense desire for another result in a varying of consequential results based on culture‚ customs‚ and the time frame in which
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the injustice inflected on the world. Oroonoko is a short novel written by English author Aphra Behn. Aphra Behn ’s novel Oroonoko is one of the earliest forms of literature that sheds the light on the matter of slavery taking many shapes throughout the novel. Oroonoko‚ a prince taking part in the trafficking of slaves that later on becomes a victim of this vile crime. He is given the lead role in her novel to be the protagonist fighting slavery by love‚ the love for his own freedom and the freedom
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