...silent lakes, old waterfalls, fairytale little stone garden, medieval bridges, mirror-like ponds, fantastic antique sculptures, and mysterious caves, is one of the most beautiful parks in the world. Thanks to the talents of architects and landscapers invited from the Europe to Uman, today everybody can discoer thousands of exotic plants in landscapes, which were brought from all over the world. Sofiyivka is often called ‘a stone poem’, because according to the architect’s plan, each composition and sculpture refers to myths and legends of Ancient Greece. The park itself is a living illustration of Homer’s epic poems "The Odyssey" and "The Iliad". Created in romantic style using Greek mythology, Sofiyivka is not only one of the most charming places of Ukraine, but also one of its most romantic nooks. After all, this tremendous place was created in the name of love, and love has been its symbol for over 200 years. As a part of National Academy of Science in Ukraine, park engages in the research of tree and shrub cultivators and organizes conferences on dendrological and conservation topics. HISTORY The park was planned in 1796 by Uman’s governor at the time, the Polish Count Stanisław Potocki, who decided to present this unique gift to his adoring wife. The count met the beautiful Greek woman Sofia during one of his travels and fell madly in love. But there was a problem, as both of them were married. Finally, Potocki was able to buy out Sofia from her ex-husband for the...
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...Endulzara sus cuerdas El pájaro cantor. Florecerá la vida No existirá el dolor La noche que me quieras Desde el azul del cielo, Las estrellas celosas Nos mirarán pasar. Y un rayo misterios Hará nido en tu pelo. Luciérnaga curiosa que veras Que eres mi consuelo. It caresses my dream, The smooth murmur of your sighing. How life laughs, If your black eyes look at me. And if it is mine the shelter Of your slight laughter That is like singing, It calms my wound, Everything is forgotten. The day that you love me The rose that adorns, Will dress in celebration With its best color And to the wind the church bells Will say that already you are mine, And the crazy fountains Will tell about their love. The night that you love me From the blue of the sky The jealous stars Will watch us go by. And a mysterious ray Will nest in your hair, Inquisitive glow-worm that'll see That you are my consolation. The day that you love me There’ll be nothing but harmony. The dawn will be clear And the water spring will be happy. The breeze will...
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...baby are you? JANUARY BABY Pretty/handsome. Loves to dress up. Easily bored. Fussy. Seldom shows emotions. Takes time to recover when hurt. Sensitive. Down-to-Earth. Stubborn. Repost this in 5 mins and you will meet someone new in 8 days that will perfectly balance your personality. FEBRUARY BABY Abstract thoughts. Loves reality and abstract. Intelligent and clever. Changing personality. Attractive. Sexiest out of everyone. Temperamental. Quiet, shy and humble. Honest And loyal. Determined to reach goals. Loves freedom. Rebellious when restricted. Loves aggressiveness. Too sensitive and easily hurt. Gets angry really easily but does not show it. Dislikes unnecessary things. Loves making friends but rarely shows it. Horny. Daring and stubborn. Ambitious. Realizing dreams and hopes. Sharp. Loves entertainment and leisure. Romantic on the inside not outside. Superstitious and ludicrous. Spendthrift. Tries to learn to show emotions. Repost this in 5 mins and you will talk to someone new and realize that you are a perfect match. MARCH BABY Attractive personality. Sexy. Affectionate Shy and reserved. Secretive. Naturally honest, generous and sympathetic. Loves peace and serenity. Sensitive to others. Great kisser. Easily angered. Trustworthy. Appreciative and returns kindness. Hardly shows emotions. Tends to bottle up feelings. Observant and assesses others. If you repost this in the next 5 mins, you will meet your new love in 8 days. APRIL BABY Suave and compromising...
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...The Princess Bride is an epic romance novel written by William Goldman. The Princess Bride began with a man telling his grandson a story about the love between a beautiful girl, Buttercup, and her family’s farm boy, Westley. One day, Buttercup fell deeply in love with Westley; she expressed her love forhim but, he left to go to America to find fortune. After he left, Buttercup heard the news that he was killed by Dread Pirate Roberts. She vowed to never love again, but Prince Humperdinck of Florin demanded Buttercup’s hand in marriage, so he could become the king. After they declared their engagement, Buttercup was kidnapped by a band of criminals. She was rescued by a mysterious man in black, who was actually Westley. Westley and Buttercup...
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...seemed forever, I lay there crying, sheltering my fallen Scarlet Ibis from the heresy of rain.” In James Hurst’s short story; “The Scarlet Ibis”, two brothers create a good relationship over a short amount of time. There are three main concepts within the short story. Pride, love and death. Pride; there’s not much to say. Brother ends up doing anything to Doodle for his own pride. Brother has done actions for his own pride instead of doing it for Doodle’s well-being. When Brother and Doodle showed Mama, Daddy and aunt Nicey that Doodle can walk brother thought, “They did not know that I did it for myself, that pride.” When Brother taught Doodle how to walk he did it for his own pride. Little did Doodle know Brother wasn’t...
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...March 31st, 2014 In Favor of Love Laura Kipnis, in her essay Against love, touches many aspects of love. It is a sensitive topic simply because love brings out many different opinions and beliefs. The author argues the fact that in order to have a good relationship and love we need to meet creating requirements like good communication, coherence and close relationship or intimacy. It is an interesting essay. What quite caught my attention is that at the beginning of the essay, the author says “Love is, as we know, a mysterious and controlling force. It has vast power over our thoughts and life decisions. It demands our loyalty, and we, in turn, freely comply. (Kipnis 734). This is the simplest way to explain what love is about. When people realize that you really love someone we do and say things you never imagine. Love is an important part of life. Life without love is like an ocean without water. Love is not something you find on the streets or stumble on. It grows on you with time. On the essay, the author, also refers about passion. “Of course, the parties involved must work at keeping passion alive ….. (Kipnis 736). Passion can be described in two words: strong and uncontrollable. We can’t control how we feel about the people, activities and ideas in our lives. Passion unfortunately is not always a good thing especially it can make a person incompetent. Everyone has a passion of their own and their pursue it in different ways. Love can and will make you feel as...
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...Valerie Anne M. Eclavea BSID 1-1 1. Salt (2012)- Philip Noyce Classification: Action Appeal: Intellectual Scene: Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) fights for her innocence of the crime of killing the president of Russia. She also embarks on a mission to seek revenge for his husband’s murder and to clear her name of the accusation. The movie aims to get an anticipating and thrilling reaction from the viewers, creating an intellectual appeal to the movie. 2. Rurouni Kenshin Live Action Film (2012)- Keishi Otomo Classification: Action/ Drama Appeal: Emotional and Intellectual Scene: Rurouni Kenshin (Takeru Satoh) was once known as the notorious Batosai or serial killer. He grew up to be an assassin for the Imperial side killing countless men that would come his way. But after these killings, he made a vow to never kill again. He would turn his sword in the opposite of the blade whenever he comes to battle so no one would receive lethal damages. Ten years later, he finds a home at a failing dojo, only to be caught up in a string of murders related to an opium ring. His commitment to never taking a life is put to the test as the people he’s come to care about are threatened by figures from his past. 3. Dumb and Dumber (1994)-Peter Farelly, Bobby Farelly Classification: Comedy Appeal: Emotional Scene: A pair of intellectually challenged friends named Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) and Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) set out on a cross country trip return a briefcase full of money...
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...Simple Truths or LOVE It is simply a mystery why we fall in love. It is a mystery how it happens. It is a mystery why some love grows and it is a mystery why some love fall. You can analyze and look for reasons and causes, but you will never do more than take life out of experience. Love is more than the sum of interest and attractions and commonalities. That two people share. And just as life itself is a gift that comes and goes in its own time, the coming of love must be taken as an unfathomable gift that cannot be questioned in its way. Too often, when love comes to people, they try to l grasp the love and hold it to them, refusing to see that it is a gift that just as freely move away. When they fall out of love, or the person they feels the spirit of love leaving. They try desperately to reclaim the love that is lost, rather than accepting the gift for what it was. They want answer where there are no answers. They want to know what is wrong with them, or try to get their love to change, thinking that if some small things were different, love would bloom again. They blame their circumstances. They blame each other. They try to give anything to give meaning to what has happened. But there is no meaning beyond the love itself , and until they accept their own mysterious ways they live in a sea of misery. You need to treat what love brings you with kindness. If you find yourself inlove with someone , who does not love, be gentle with yourself. There is nothing...
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...Morna's Legacy Series - Includes Love Beyond Measure (Book 4), In Due Time – A Novella (Book 4.5), Love Beyond Compare (Book 5), and Love Beyond Dreams (Book 6): LOVE BEYOND MEASURE - BOOK 4: When Grace Mitchell's job sends her to Scotland with her young son, Cooper, in tow, she meets the mysterious, scarred, and alluring Eoghanan McMillan – a man so unlike any she's ever known. She falls for him quickly but, after a spell sends them back in time to the seventeenth century, Grace is forced to accept the amazing truth about the man she's just beginning to know and to re-think the life she had planned for herself. Will their love for one another be enough to make Grace stay in a time so different from her own - a decision that will alter the direction of her young son's life entirely? Or will she sacrifice a future...
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...introduces the idea of a Personal Legend (which is always capitalized in the book). Your Personal Legend "is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is."[3] He adds that "when you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it." This is the core theme of the book. Along the way, Santiago meets an Englishman who has come in search of an Alchemist and continues his travels with him. They travel through the Sahara desert and during his journey, Santiago meets and falls in love with a beautiful Arabian woman named Fatima, who resides with her clan near around the desert Oasis. He asks Fatima to marry him, but she says she will only marry him after he completes his journey and finds his treasures. He is perplexed by this, but later learns that true love will not stop nor plead to sacrifice one's Personal Legend, and if it does, it is not true love. Santiago then encounters a lone alchemist who also teaches him about Personal Legends. He says that people want to find only the treasure of their Personal Legends but not the Personal Legend itself. Santiago feels unsure about himself as he listens to the alchemist's teachings. The alchemist states, "Those who don't understand their Personal Legends will fail to comprehend their teachings." It is also stated that treasure is more worthy than gold....
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...“Cupid and Psych” is arguably the best story so far in Edith Hamilton’s Mythology. Two lovers, Cupid and Psyche, must not see each other, but Psyche’s curiosity gets the best of her. Psyche shows admirable devotion, hope, and perseverance for the man she loves. Cupid was the son of Venus, goddess of beauty, and Psyche was the gorgeous daughter of a mortal king. Psyche stole men’s attention from Venus, making the goddess jealous; so she sent her son, Cupid, to punish Psyche. Unfortunately for Venus, Cupid fell in love with Psyche, so he spent many nights with her, but told her she could never see him. Psyche’s sisters planted a seed of doubt in her, and she saw that her lover was the god of love. The lamp oil spilled onto Cupid, waking him...
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...Truman Paper The term fake love in itself does not make that much sense. How can someone express love, which is feeling that provides unconditional caring and commitment, and then call it fake. The only real way to have fake love for someone is to not love at all, but just to think you love. In the movie The Truman Show there are many individuals whom exhibit an illusion of love for the main character, Truman. At the beginning of the movie many of the characters appear to have genuine love for Truman. However, as the movie progresses almost all of the people whom are close to Truman, show in one way or another how they only think they love him. The best examples of these types of characters are his wife, his best friend, and his creator. His own wife, someone whom should be completely faithful and truthful with him lies to him on a daily basis. Her fake love is most clear when she crosses that line between actress and a real person. When she is acting she is trying her best to portray a woman whom truly loves him, but after seeing her act for so long even Truman can see her real personality underneath. He spots a person whom in real life cannot even stand him, but she puts a vale on to cover that. She probably really would like to love him but she cannot change the person she is any more than Truman can. Truman’s best friend has the same fake love traits as his wife. Even though they were friends from children they always had a secret between them. He had the illusion of loving...
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...a book series (also a television show) it was published December 2014/ January 2015. It is about a family (the original breeding of vampires but Klaus is a hybrid half vampire half werewolf) facing difficulties with each other and the world that are trying to look after Klaus’s daughter. Even through their differences the siblings believe that “Family is power”. Also the novel includes the themes of love, betrayal, madness, and revenge. Revenge is seen a lot through the book an example is when Klaus’s mother committed adultery (with Klaus’s father who was a werewolf hence him being half werewolf) on her husband Mikael and for revenge ever since he found out he has physically and mentally hurt Klaus (even attempted to murder him several times). Klaus is a sadistic character. L.J.Smith’s ‘The vampire diaries’ book series was originally published during 1991-92. It is about a human girl Elena Gilbert whose parents tragically die and has to live with her aunt ongoing when she returns to high school she meets a mysterious guy called Stefan Salvatore who she falls deeply in love with. He is there for her even when he is going through tragic events, his brother Damon returns as the “villain” later through the book series gets attached to Elena as he Stefan goes out hunting for a cure to get...
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...The stone pillar represents Desiree’s mysterious origins, because nobody knows where she came from. “The stone pillar is a maker of Desiree’s unexplained past, but also a maker of the estate of the Valmondes, which provides Desiree with care and love in her youth. Armand’s encounter with Desiree at the same spot marks the beginning of a new type of love.”(Champlin 2). This means Desiree found love in the same spot she found her new family. “Her past is unknown to both the reader and the Valmondes, creating a tone of secrecy and mystery. As the pillar stands at the gates of the gates of the Valmonde estate, it also symbolizes the family’s wealth and Desiree’s privileged upbringing.”(Owleyes 2). Even though the Valmonde’s didn’t know Desiree’s...
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...at all times. It concerns about the moral, emotional and psychological effect of the sin on people in general. It’s not simply a love story or a story of sin. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the scarlet letters to symbolize the harshness of Puritan society, showing how they brand sinners for life. The story happened in Boston about 200 years ago. It narrates love affairs between three persons. The punished woman. Hester Prynne and his husband. Who called himself Roger Chillingworth . He...
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