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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 -
Visual Art/Sculpture.
A magnificent marble sculpture of Mary holding her dead son (Christ) done by the talented artist Michelangelo. -
Theater/Literature by William Shakespeare.
the tragedy of two young lovers who's passion leads to death. -
Theater/Literature by William Shakespeare.
Tragedy examining love's complexity through Hamlet's relationship while confronting morality. -
Architecture.
Taj Mahal is a mausoleum built by Emperor Shah Jahan for his deceased wife Mumtaz Mahal. -
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. -
Artistic Style by Caravaggio, Bernini.
Artistic movement emphasizing dramatic contrast of light and dark (chiaroscuro), emotional intensity, and theatrical effects. -
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.
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Music/Opera by Edvard Munch.
Opera based on medieval legend of forbidden love, culminating in the "Liebestod" (love death) where Isolde dies of grief. -
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. -
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, -
Literature by Scott Fitzgerald.
A novel exploring Gatsby's obsessive love for Daisy and his tragic death, examining how idealized love can become destructive. -
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. -
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. -
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.