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The terms "star-crossed" and "star-crossed lovers" refer to two people who are not able to be together for some reason. These terms also have other meanings, but originally mean that the pairing is being "thwarted by a malign star" or that the stars are working against the relationship. [ 1 ]
In Greek mythology, Rhadine (Ancient Greek: Ῥαδίνη, romanized: Rhadínē) and Leontichus (Ancient Greek: Λεόντιχος, romanized: Leóntikhos) were star-crossed lovers from the town of Samus in Triphylia (later Samicum; not to be confused with Samos).
Star-crossed" is a phrase describing a pair of lovers whose relationship is often thwarted by outside forces. Star-crossed or starcrossed may also refer to: Film and television
Now it's Star-Crossed's turn. The drama will premiere tonight. Last May The CW (a subsidiary of CBS ) picked up five series for its 2013-2014 lineup -- three of those have aired, two of which have ...
In the Metamorphoses, the famous wall (invide obstas) with its chink (vitium) that separates the star-crossed lovers, Pyramus and Thisbe, seems to be an extension of this motif. The appeal of the paraclausithyron derives from its condensing of the situation of love elegy to the barest essentials: the lover, the beloved and the obstacle ...
Friar Laurence recounts the story of the two "star-cross'd lovers", fulfilling the curse that Mercutio swore. The families are reconciled by their children's deaths and agree to end their violent feud. The play ends with the Prince's elegy for the lovers: "For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." [4]
One Way Passage is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic film starring William Powell and Kay Francis as star-crossed lovers, directed by Tay Garnett and released by Warner Bros. The screenplay by Wilson Mizner and Joseph Jackson is based on a story by Robert Lord, who won the Academy Award for Best Story. [4]
In March, a mother was horrified to find a pedophile symbol on a toy she bought for her daughter. Although the symbol was not intentionally placed on the toy by the company who manufactured the ...