The Eternal Dance of Love and Death (420 B.C.E to 1996)

By AnnHof
  • Antigone
    441

    Antigone

    Antigone is a theater/drama.
    about a woman 's fatal devotion to her dead brother, demonstrating how love can drive individuals to choose death over dishonor
  • La Pieta
    1498

    La Pieta

    Visual Art/Sculpture.
    A magnificent marble sculpture of Mary holding her dead son (Christ) done by the talented artist Michelangelo.
  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    Theater/Literature by William Shakespeare.
    the tragedy of two young lovers who's passion leads to death.
  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

    Theater/Literature by William Shakespeare.
    Tragedy examining love's complexity through Hamlet's relationship while confronting morality.
  • Taj Mahal

    Taj Mahal

    Architecture.
    Taj Mahal is a mausoleum built by Emperor Shah Jahan for his deceased wife Mumtaz Mahal.
  • Death be Not Proud

    Death be Not Proud

    Poetry by John Donne.
    Metaphysical poem directly addressing Death as a personified figure, arguing that death is not mighty or dreadful because love and faith provide eternal life.
  • Baroque Style

    Baroque Style

    Artistic Style by Caravaggio, Bernini.
    Artistic movement emphasizing dramatic contrast of light and dark (chiaroscuro), emotional intensity, and theatrical effects.
  • La Belle Dame sans Merci

    La Belle Dame sans Merci

    Poem about a knight's fatal encounter with a beautiful, otherworldly woman, exploring how love can become a form of spiritual death and how beauty can be both salvation and destruction.
  • Tristan and Isolde

    Tristan and Isolde

    Music/Opera by Edvard Munch.
    Opera based on medieval legend of forbidden love, culminating in the "Liebestod" (love death) where Isolde dies of grief.
  • The Scream

    The Scream

    Visual Arts/Painting by Edvard Munch.
    This Painting captures anguish and terror of human mortality, representing modern anxiety about death and isolation in the face of an indifferent universe.
  • Death in Venice

    Death in Venice

    Literature by Thomas Mann.
    A novel exploring the aging writer Gustav Von Aschenbach's obsessive love for a young boy and his subsequent death in plague ridden Venice,
  • The Great Gatsby

    The Great Gatsby

    Literature by Scott Fitzgerald.
    A novel exploring Gatsby's obsessive love for Daisy and his tragic death, examining how idealized love can become destructive.
  • Casablanca

    Casablanca

    Film by Michael Curtiz (Director).
    This film explores love and sacrifice during wartime, as Rick choose duty over personal desire, demonstrating how love can inspire both life affirming and self sacrificing choices amid the threat of death.
  • Love Story

    Love Story

    Film by Arthur Hiller (Director)
    A romance between Oliver and Jenny, whose love is tested by her terminal illness, popularizing the notion that 'love means never having to say you're sorry" while confronting morality.
  • The English Patient

    The English Patient

    Film by Anthony Minghella (Director)
    An epic film exploring multiple love stories against the backdrop of World War 2, examining how love endures beyond death through memory and how passion can lead to both salvation and destruction.