http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/love Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:49:50 -0400 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:49:50 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1852/courtly-love-in-chaucer-characters-as-commentary-in-the-franklins-tale-troilus-and-criseyde-and-parliament-of-fowls By Noelle E. Equi - Through major works including “The Franklin’s Tale,” Troilus and Criseyde, and “Parliament of Fowls,” Chaucer illuminates the complexity of the popular writing trope of courtly love. His accounts of courtly love border on satire and criticism, both praising the institution of marriage as the protagonist and the unorthodox courtly love dynamic as the villain (as seen in “The Franklin’s Tale) and highlighting the manufactured, tenuous nature of the dynamic (as seen in Troilus and Criseyde and “Parliament of Fowls”). In all, the three works considered... Wed, 16 Dec 2020 10:46 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1852/courtly-love-in-chaucer-characters-as-commentary-in-the-franklins-tale-troilus-and-criseyde-and-parliament-of-fowls http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1776/the-psychology-of-romance-the-impact-of-personality-traits-on-romantic-relationships By Amanda Glynn - Research shows conflicting results when relaying how personality traits play into successful and satisfying romantic relationships. The focus has been on trait similarity (i.e. the “Birds of a Feather” concept) without a clear answer, with very little research supporting the “Opposites Attract” concept. Additional factors have also been noted, to include emotionality, how maladaptive traits factor into a relationship, self-esteem, and how the perception of a partner affects feelings about the relationship. Self-report measurement methods have shown to provide conflicting... Thu, 12 Dec 2019 08:49 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1776/the-psychology-of-romance-the-impact-of-personality-traits-on-romantic-relationships http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1576/social-networking-sites-and-romantic-relationships-effects-on-development-maintenance-and-dissolution-of-relationships By Kenadie T. Wilkerson - In our now largely virtual world there are many different ways that we can choose to communicate with one another. Texts, FaceTime, and social media sites have become some of the most popular ways for people to communicate with each other. Romantic partners express their relationship in many different ways. A couple can choose how they want their relationship to be expressed to the public. Now, with the increasing growth of technology, romantic partners can express their relationship online for essentially everyone they know to see. Social networking sites are used to try to recreate face-to-face... Tue, 14 Mar 2017 05:06 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1576/social-networking-sites-and-romantic-relationships-effects-on-development-maintenance-and-dissolution-of-relationships http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1520/the-role-of-deception-in-love-as-portrayed-in-shakespeares-a-midsummer-nights-dream-and-twelfth-night By Emily Gray - Primarily concerned with love in the form of “the love of persons,” Shakespeare’s literature examines and scrutinizes several varying types of relationships stemming from different facets of a singular emotion (Nordlund 21). By focusing solely on this branch of love, Shakespeare is able to incorporate a plethora of illustrations throughout both his comedies and sonnets of parental love, sibling love, romantic love, and variations on the classical idea of phileo, or friendship love, while excluding such unrelated phenomena of affection as the love of material goods or the love... Wed, 18 Jan 2017 12:47 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1520/the-role-of-deception-in-love-as-portrayed-in-shakespeares-a-midsummer-nights-dream-and-twelfth-night http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/985/the-arcane-and-the-rational-lovecrafts-development-of-a-unique-mythos By Dale A. Crowley - The early 20th century saw the rise of a unique subgenre of science fiction and horror literature known as weird fiction. H.P Lovecraft, one of its more prolific and lasting contributors, is rightly considered one of the fathers of the genre. Like the rapidly modernizing world around him, Lovecraft developed his own universe and mythos that was itself a unique mix of old and new. He created monsters that would have been at home in fairy tales or the ancient mists of folklore. At the same time, these ancient, mythic evils were at odds with Lovecraft’s 20th century protagonists – men... Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/985/the-arcane-and-the-rational-lovecrafts-development-of-a-unique-mythos http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/944/what-determines-the-success-of-first-dates-psycho-social-factors-that-impact-mate-choice-in-pre-mating-encounters By Lukas Holschuh - First dates are social phenomena of sexual selection. Successful mating depends not only on assortative mating, but also on interpersonal and situational factors that lead to a positive result in pre-mating encounters. To examine the factors that influence the success of pre-mating encounters, this study analyzes public texts on the success of first dates. Themes were identified in five accounts of ordinary people found online using keywords. This and other research reveals that first dates seem to serve the purpose of testing if a particular romantic relationship is both possible and desirable... Tue, 02 Dec 2014 01:23 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/944/what-determines-the-success-of-first-dates-psycho-social-factors-that-impact-mate-choice-in-pre-mating-encounters http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/904/naming-and-identity-in-toni-morrisons-beloved-and-song-of-solomon By Sean M. Kirby - As an African American author, Toni Morrison is acutely aware of the pain that is intertwined with the history of her history. She articulates the debilitating physical and psychological strain that slavery, prejudices, and discrimination placed upon countless African Americans with incredible detail. One of her most powerful statements, however, comes in just one sentence near the end of Beloved. It is a truth that all African Americans know, one that was born out of slavery, one that still burns people today: the truth that “anybody white could take your whole self for anything that came... Sun, 22 Jun 2014 10:39 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/904/naming-and-identity-in-toni-morrisons-beloved-and-song-of-solomon http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/773/is-the-european-commission-too-powerful-neofunctionalism-and-intergovernmentalism-considered By Andrei Constantin - This article highlights the European Commission’s role within the European Union (EU), which has been weakened over time. Through this essay various aspects of the Commission’s power in relation to the structure and procedures of comitology are analyzed utilizing the frameworks provided by the two leading schools of thought on European integration: neofunctionalism and liberal intergovernmentalism. The Commission is considered the heart of the process of integration because it is the key organisation whose formal powers and actual operation are believed to echo the patterns of integration... Thu, 17 Oct 2013 04:58 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/773/is-the-european-commission-too-powerful-neofunctionalism-and-intergovernmentalism-considered http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/658/contradiction-in-marriage-and-love-in-the-song-of-songs By Megan P. Kaplon - The Song of Songs is a unique book in the Bible. There is no plot and no mention of God, but the piece says a lot about early Hebrew traditions surrounding marriage and love, using elaborate descriptions and complex relationships. The overall message of The Song of Songs has been hotly debated, and possibly this is because of the nature of its assembly and the culture from which it sprung. The Song was most likely a collage of wedding songs sung across the Jewish world, and because the ancient Jewish community was widely dispersed and interpreted their beliefs many different ways, the Song of... Wed, 04 Jul 2012 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/658/contradiction-in-marriage-and-love-in-the-song-of-songs http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/348/exploring-madness-in-conrads-heart-of-darkness-and-lawrences-women-in-love By Marina A. Kinney - Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is a novel about the human psyche. It is as concerned with man’s ability to descend into madness as it is with his ability to break away from it and triumph over the dark, consuming impulses that threaten to consume his heart and mind. This struggle between awareness and madness is evidenced in both Marlow and Kurtz. While the narrative is arguably more concerned with Marlow and his struggle between these two realms, it is Kurtz who is of most interest, his madness and its effects dominating the narrative from nearly the beginning. The protagonist... Wed, 29 Dec 2010 09:31 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/348/exploring-madness-in-conrads-heart-of-darkness-and-lawrences-women-in-love http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/161/the-balance-of-power-between-men-and-women-in-robert-brownings-poems By Alina Saminsky - The first observation that supports this point is that originally the men do not have power. One way that this is demonstrated to the reader is the author’s choice to make the men insane. In “Porphyria’s Lover,” the man is paranoid. He describes the storm that is going on around him in the same manner that one describes a person, “The sullen wind was soon awake,/It tore the elm-tops down for spite,/And did its worst to vex the lake” (57), which makes him seem suspicious. The reader also realizes that while there is this storm going on, the man is sitting alone... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:49 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/161/the-balance-of-power-between-men-and-women-in-robert-brownings-poems http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/130/a-midsummer-nights-dream-imagination-romantic-love-and-the-creation-of-art By Natasha L. Richter - In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare plays with the themes of love, art, imagination, and dreaming to forge an overall meaning for his work.  His play within a play, found in Act V, expands on his themes and portrays the relationship between the audience and the performers on stage.  Specifically, Quince’s disordered prologue to the play mirrors the distorted reality characterizing the dreamy, nighttime woods; overall, the interjected play underscores Shakespeare’s larger aim of exhibiting the necessity of imagination and dreaming to the maintenance of loving relationships... Wed, 20 Jan 2010 09:39 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/130/a-midsummer-nights-dream-imagination-romantic-love-and-the-creation-of-art http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/46/stamp-paid-and-the-power-of-self-actualization-in-beloved By Michael C. Mindemann - Stamp Paid is introduced in a rather glowing manner. He is the reliable ferryman over the Ohio River, who takes Sethe to 124, working off the kind of antiquated methods that resonate with a quaint nobility in the GPS era: the system he works out telling those on the other side of the river when a crossing is coming and whether or not a child will be on board. (108) He is also introduced as an eminently decent and just-minded person when he has his nephew give up his coat for Denver, the newborn. When the boy complains, Stamp tells the boy that he can have it if he can stomach taking it off the... Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:23 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/46/stamp-paid-and-the-power-of-self-actualization-in-beloved