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Interpersonal relationships can take many forms and develop from multiple different factors. For example, Pat Solitano and Tiffany Maxwell, two characters from the movie Silver Linings Playbook, seem to have developed consummate love – a combination of all three factors in Sternberg’s triangle of love theory, which are passion, intimacy, and commitment (Aronson, p. 390-91). Their relationship developed over the course of the movie, starting from a little passion or physical attractiveness, growing into a somewhat dysfunctional form of an exchange relationship with hints of jealousy as well as self-disclosure, into the consummate love that is seen at the end of the movie. The two characters start to develop intimacy, passion, and commitment …show more content…
Pat ends up asking Tiffany on what seemed to be a date after she expressed her desire to be friends, where the two engage in mutual self-disclosure, and Tiffany ends up offering to take Nikki, Pat’s wife, a letter. However, this soon ends when Tiffany concludes that Pat is saying that she is crazier than him. Their openness and mutual self-disclosure deteriorates, she retracts the offer to help, and trashes the diner table before storming out. She also shows jealousy towards Nikki, both in her cold demeanor while discussing the letter and during the dance competition when she begins drinking with another guy upon realizing Nikki was there and when she runs out of the building after seeing Pat whisper into Nikki’s ear. However, their relationship continues to develop in a more positive way despite these …show more content…
They begin to spend more time together while practicing for the dance competition, and commitment – one of the three factors in the triangle of love theory- begins to develop (Aronson, p. 391). Pat tries to reach a compromise with his father once he realizes that a football game lands on the same day he and Tiffany planned to practice a big dance move. While practicing the dance move, Pat reads the first letter from Nikki, which Tiffany actually wrote. In it is how Tiffany feels about Pat, and Tiffany says that the “something” the letter was referring to could be their romantic dance move, and that it could be for Nikki. However, since Tiffany actually wrote this letter, she was implying that it could be for herself or them, not for Nikki. Once Pat realizes Tiffany deceived him and was the one to write the letter he does not get mad, surprisingly. This could indicate a change of heart, and that he has developed romantic feelings for Tiffany that are now obvious to the viewer. While walking into the dance competition, the two of them begin to hold hands; both thought the other initiated it, and continued to hold hands, showing the continuously developing intimacy and passion between
With a society that frequently emphasizes love and relationships, the movie When Harry Met Sally follows a theme of finding that individual that person is willing to spend their time together for life. The film story is about two new graduates, Harry and Sally, and their journey to finding themselves through relationships, friendships and the encounters with each other 's overs the years. Harry and Sally explored their contrasting perspectives in which each gender hold regarding relationships. Throughout the film, When Harry Met Sally, it exemplified relationship development theories, models, and the maintenance of a relationship. All which demonstrates the interpersonal communication used in the film.
Pat wrote letters to his wife and in turn, Tiffany delivered them. We later find out that Tiffany was the one all along writing back to Pat and that she had fallen in love with him. Directly following the dance competition, Pat meets his wife once again, but this time things are just not the same. After noticing Pat’s uncontrollable anger and mood swings, he was diagnosed with bipolar.
The meaning of love cannot be defined in one sentence or even in 16 pages. Every human has his or her own definition of what love is. People define love by their own experiences whether as true love or ending in heartaches. In Raymond Carver’s short story, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, he describes what love is, by depicting what it is not. He executes this by portraying the experiences of four people, while using their dialogue and setting in the story to describe how something so beautiful as love can easily become an awkward and repelling subject to discuss.
When thinking about romantic relationships, whether in the movies, media or your own relationship what characteristics come to mind? The topic we will discuss in this presentation attends to the romantic relationships within interpersonal communication.
Love plays an important role in most physical and emotional relationships. Love is a word that can prove difficult to define or even compare to other emotions. This is due to the diversity of meaning and the complexity of the emotion itself. Everyone has been in love at least once before and has gotten a taste of all the good and bad things that come with it. Christina Rossetti’s “Song” presents some of the good parts of love while Philip Larkin’s “Talking in Bed” shows us some of the bad parts of love. Larkin’s poem presents a failing relationship where communication has failed between a couple and things are getting more and more difficult. Rossetti’s poem presents a wholly different view on love; it is told from the viewpoint of someone talking to his or her lover about what said lover should do after the speaker dies. The love between them seems better, more powerful and good. The two poems also present wholly different attitudes towards “The End,” whether that is the end of life or the end of the relationship. Larkin presents the end as something dark and sad, difficult to cope with. Rossetti, on the other hand, talks about the end as just another beginning, a chance to start over in a new world. Finally, the two poems represent remembrance in different ways. Larkin’s presents memory as something extremely important while Rossetti implies that it does not matter whether we remember or not.
The article, “Measurement of Romantic Love” written by Zick Rubin, expresses the initial research aimed at presenting and validating the social-psychological construct of romantic love. The author assumed that love should be measured independently from liking. In this research, the romantic love was also conceptualized to three elements: affiliative and depend need, an orientation of exclusiveness and absorption, and finally a predisposition to help.
Kathy and Tommy’s special connection has been evident since the beginning of the story when Kathy tries to calm down Tommy during one of his tantrums. When they are around 16 years old, Tommy and Ruth start dating and for a brief period of time, Ruth and Tommy break up. Many of Kathy’s peers noticed the connection between Kathy and Tommy and deemed her the “natural successor” of who should date Tommy next. However, Ruth believed that she and Tommy belonged together and asked Kathy to convince Tommy to get back together with her. Tommy and Ruth begin dating again and remain dating until they leave the Cottages. With Kathy’s loyalty to both Ruth and Tommy, Ruth and Tommy’s relationship constantly complicates the dynamics of their friendship. However, Ruth saw the special relationship between Kathy and Tommy all along and did not admit it until she and Tommy are donors and Kathy is a carer. Ruth asks for Kathy’s forgiveness and admits that keeping Tommy and her apart was the worst thing she did. Ruth then says, “ I’m not even asking you to forgive...
the Crazed eagles fan also has a problem, he is one of the funny characters in this movie that I enjoy seeing. According to Robert Ebert, “He's harmlessly obsessed with the Eagles, gratefully in love with his wife and cluelessly supportive of his son, who he doesn't realize is an apple who has fallen very close to the tree.” Pat and his father are just alike even though they hate to admit it. Pat Sr. is out of work and he is depending on illegal book marking to earn money and open a family restaurant. Pat doesn’t agree with what his dad is doing, but he’s mainly worried about Nikki. Pat Sr. constantly tells Pat that he is a good luck charm but Pat doesn’t believe in all the superstitious beliefs like his dad. Pat Sr. has to have everything a certain way in order for the eagles to win each game. Pats father is banned from all eagles games for fighting too much, so he wants Pat to go to the eagle’s game for him, plus he believes it will help the eagles win. Everything starts off great, but Pat gets into a fight and misses out on practice with Tiffany. Pats father was furious because of Pats behavior and due to the fact that the eagles lost made it even worse. Pat Sr. lost all of his money and he blamed it on Pat, but it was really his fault. He made Pat attend the game, but if Pat would have been with Tiffany the eagles would have had a victory and pat wouldn’t have gotten into a brawl. Another bet is made the same day as the dance competition and if Tiffany and Pat score a 5 out of 10 the eagles will win. After the commotion Pat eventually realizes that Tiffany forged the letter from Nikki, but he doesn’t mention it until after the competition. After Tiffany and Pat perform they realize that they scored a 5 out 10, so everything worked out as planned. The eagles win, Pat Sr. wins the bet, and he is able to open his restaurant. Tiffany is beyond happy until she sees Pat talking to Nikki and she runs off. Pat Sr. let’s his son know that he loves him and that
While they go through a therapy, they met each other at a dinner. Tiffany was immediately attracted to pat as if she had found a shoulder to cry on. Pat resisted her advances because he wanted to stay faithful to his separated wife. With the efforts of his friends, and his therapist, pat agreed to be friends with Tiffany only in exchange to have a letter deliver to Nikki by Tiffany. Since Pat could not meet Nikki because it would be against the restraining order, he found a way to communicate with her through Tiffany. Tiffany agreed to his condition. However, she realized that people have always asked her for favors and she had never gotten anything in return. She felt she had been exploited due to her kindness and decided to ask for something in return from Pat. She asked Pat to be her dance partner to be in a dance competition. Pat as it was expected immediately refused. However, then came to terms with the offer because he was convinced this was the only way he could get Nikki back. For the next several days, they practiced together at Tiffany’s dance studio. Tiffany had fallen in love with Pat and tried to seduce him in vain. Pat repeatedly asked for Nikki’s response to the letter. However, in the meantime, both of them showed great progress in controlling their belligerent behavior. It seemed as if they have started to have control back in their lives. As more days are spent together
The camera pans through the people whom Pat Jr. and Tiffany delightedly embraced as they congratulate them. Medium close-up comes in as Pat Jr. embraces Tiffany. Tiffany holds a grip of them embracing each other but Pat Jr. gently lets go as his eyes concentrates to where Nikki’s table is. With a look of dismay, a point of view shot from Tiffany’s perspective follows as Pat Jr. approaches Nikki. Camera focuses back to Tiffany with a close up showing unexplainable feeling in her eyes. Once Pat Jr. reached Nikki, rack focus is shown from Tiffany’s position emphasizing Nikki and Pat Jr.’s meeting. A reaction shot between Pat Jr. and Nikki then follows as they start to communicate with each other, the camera then zooms in as Pat Jr. softly whispers to Nikki’s ears. Finally, the camera focuses back to Tiffany. Teary eyed, the song Misty by Johnny Mathis intensifies as Tiffany walks out of the site. Throughout this particular scene, impressions could be that Tiffany is in a love triangle between Pat Jr. and Nikki. However, the part where the camera zooms in to where Pat Jr. whispers to Nikki is the indication where he told her that
During the confrontation during the poker game, which immediately ends it, readers are exposed to the reality of Stella and Stanley’s
The relationships we view in the film vary from young to old in both the ages of their participants and the time they’ve spanned over. In every relationship we find that the way these pairs express their intimacy between each other is different. For Willy and Felicia, a young high school couple, we see intimacy in the form of physical,
Similarly, Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), Pat’s love interest, has her compulsive and self-destructive promiscuity explained too simplistically (a compensation for the guilt she feels for inadvertently causing the death of her husband because of a declining interest in sex). Also, the film wraps up the pieces much too neatly, suggesting that Pat and Tiffany’s successful performance in a dance contest and their passionate love for each other are enough to diffuse all of the simmering psychological and interpersonal tensions. Finally, the portrayal of the therapist, Dr. Patel (Anupam Kher) is problematic. He intentionally provokes Pat by playing a song that reminds him of a traumatic event, and later in the film, he completely abandons his professional role in favor of joining with Pat as a maniacal Eagles fan. At this point in the analysis, I am guessing that many mental health professionals are nodding their head in agreement while many movie fans are thinking—“Come
Nikki and Solomon loved each other deeply and shared an unbreakable bond many couples do not. The last voice Solomon heard was Nikki’s, “Solomon, I found the ring and I love you, I do want to marry you, I want to spend my whole life with you and I’m sorry, please come back.” Solomon urged to grab his phone and tell her how much he loved her and how he would hold her dearly when he was with her, yet Solomon was driving without a seatbelt at a rapid pace on a dark, wet day. Solomon payed the ultimate price, his life. It left him bloody and broken, how he felt on the inside when he thought of losing Nikki. This event may have been worst-case scenario, yet the same rule applies; you never know what you have until you lose
does without love imbibed in it. I agree with the view and definition of love and marriage in