Analysis Of Marie De France: Laüstic

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Imagine wanting something, perhaps someone, who you loved more than anything in the world but you simply could not have that individual. Marie De France: Laüstic is a poem translated by Robert Hanning and Joan Ferrante, who tells a beautiful yet heartbreaking tale. To have a love so precious and lustful and can do anything other than simply talk with one another through their balcony, which makes it romantic since they are neighbors and are close to each other. Adding icing to the cake, lays a question on why the lovers cannot unite. The male figure is in love with his neighbors wife! A love which is forbidden, is a love which will hurt the most and have the saddest ending; or it will take a toll to the other direction and make it the strongest …show more content…

They are an interracial couple. They meet in 1940s-1950's in Virginia and got married in 1958 in Washington, DC where interracial marriages was legal. When the newlyweds moved back to their hometown, Virginia, they were criminals. Additionally, five weeks after their arrival, they were charged with miscegenation. Spotting the obvious, Richard would exclaim how he loves his wife but despises the fact he and his wife - a woman, who he should sleep in the same bed with – cannot live together. Eventually in 1967, love won and overturned Virginia's law and effectively cancelled anti-miscentegration. In contrastion with Laüstic, true love found its' way and gathered the …show more content…

Yet, they both knew they were in love. Both the neighbors and Romeo and Juliet, knew in their hearts with whom they belonged to. These two love stories, had extreme sorrowful ending.
With the love so blind, the wife failed to realize the lust she has for her neighbor wasn’t hidden. Even with her husband home, she felt joy in her heart while hearing the nightingale. With that being her one excuse as of why she would go outside onto her balcony, she cried, expressing how much sweet the sound was, so sweet, she cannot close her eyes at night. The husband coming to save the day, captured and killed the nightingale, so his wife could rest at night. She has betrayed the nightingale, and destroyed her relationship with her neighbor.
To compare, Romeo and Juliet also had death in the fable. It was no nightingale, but their own. Juliet was poisoned, which would make her seem as if she was dead. Once Romeo saw her in this stage, he knew for sure she was passed. With love so powerful, Romeo drinks the poison that kills. A while later, Juliet wakes up from her "death" and sees Romeo dead. She would not be able to live on without her love, thus, she takes his dagger and pierces herself in the heart committing

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