A multitude of romantic comedies, and different topics and points of views were presented throughout this semester. Pride and Prejudice, It Happened One Night, and When Harry Met Sally were all romantic comedies that had a substantial amount of influence over my views. Going into this semester, I had a distinctly different set of viewpoints when it came to romantic love as I do now. Challenges, issues, and my own personal experiences all contributed to the formations of a new set of beliefs. Over the course of the semester, my view on romantic love has changed drastically due to obstacles guiding couples into stronger relationships, the prejudice present in opposing class systems, and the complication of friendship in men and women.
Before entering this semester, my views on romantic love were distinctly different from my present views. Personally, I did not particularly enjoy …show more content…
As someone who previously believed that romantic feelings rarely got in the way of friendship, my view changed when we studied Harry and Sally’s relationship. From the beginning, the idea that men and women cannot be friends became apparent when Harry stated “what I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way (Ephron, 1989).” My previous views were supported when Harry and Sally maintained an amazing friendship for quite a long time, but I surprised myself when I rooted for them to fall in love. Studying this film forced me to reflect upon past friendships, and I realized that many of my own opposite-sex friendships, and friendships between male and female friends of mine, ended because of a romantic feeling between either party. After this self-reflection, I believe that friendship between men and women can easily be complicated and feelings of love can easily make or break a
Before entering this semester, my views on romantic love were distinctly different from my present views. Personally, I did not particularly enjoy …show more content…
As someone who previously believed that romantic feelings rarely got in the way of friendship, my view changed when we studied Harry and Sally’s relationship. From the beginning, the idea that men and women cannot be friends became apparent when Harry stated “what I'm saying is - and this is not a come-on in any way, shape or form - is that men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way (Ephron, 1989).” My previous views were supported when Harry and Sally maintained an amazing friendship for quite a long time, but I surprised myself when I rooted for them to fall in love. Studying this film forced me to reflect upon past friendships, and I realized that many of my own opposite-sex friendships, and friendships between male and female friends of mine, ended because of a romantic feeling between either party. After this self-reflection, I believe that friendship between men and women can easily be complicated and feelings of love can easily make or break a