Romance In The Now

I have never really understood the elements of romance. Other than the countless movies I have seen and the books that I have read on the subject matter, i still do not have a grasp on the concepts surrounding romance. There is also a sort of blurred vision when dealing with ideals of romance based on age, sex, and relationship background. It is an ever changing scale to which I just haven't gotten a handle on. I do believe in manners and ideals of a gentlemanly ways with tones of chivalry, but sometimes A question keeps bouncing around in my head. Is romance an event, an emotion, or is it even a real thing. I like to think of Romance as a venture to connect with a person of relationship interest. It seems to me that if something is described as romantic it Is a portion of all the things so mentioned. Its the environment, the mood, and the wanting of another. At least in my mind Anyways. In todays world a lot of the processes for discovering romance feel lost on me. But the frame work is still instilled in each person when being overcome by another.

Thing i liked when i was 6yrs old

At the age of six, I discovered some the moist amazing things the world had to offer; Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Knott's Berry Farm, camping, going to the beach, and so on, but my favorites were always the simple things in life. I liked playing on the Atari with my elder brother, building legos as my mother read to me in the living room, and of course losing my mind whenever i caught wind of the ice cream man rolling down the block. I was filled with the intent to destroy G.I. Joes with deadly force. Playing with the cats, or taking our tarantula out for a walk, there was never a dull moment when i was Six.

An Excerpt From Mr. Frye

"Romance is the structural core of all fiction: being directly descended from folktale, it brings us closer than any other aspect of literature to the sense of fiction, considered as a whole, as the epic of the creature, man's vision of his own life as a quest."

                                       Northrop Frye

When reading this quote an entirely new train of thought came crashing into my head. It became obvious to me that I have never viewed romance in such a way. Since romance calls upon the reader to create a world within their mind and follow the guidance of the Mythos. The quest, we have talked about being obsessed in class before but being on a quest is exactly the same thing. You are set on a goal and the adventure doesn't end until the quest or obsession has been completed. The other aspect of this quote that caught me by surprise, is relating romance to folklore and fiction. Can you have a romance that is purely factual, or is it just being expressed in the fictional sense. Either way it reminds me that telling stories all start out the same way, verbally. When reading Haroun, An Ephesian Tale, or Abu Kasim's slipper, you get the notion that all of these stories were rich in oral tradition. I mean seriously what is the purpose of a story? A story has to be told, because if it is not told, does it really exist?