Romantic Love: Reality or Myth : A central idea of the Counterpoint article is: Romantic love is not a logical way for people to begin a family.

Why We Love: The Nature and Chemistry of Romantic Love: A central idea of the text is: The effects on brain chemistry may vary based on the response from the person on the receiving end of the attraction.

Noun | facial expression is most closely the meaning of the word countenance as it is used in the following passage: Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling, By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, “Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou,” I said, “art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore — Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night’s Plutonian shore!” Quoth the Raven “Nevermore.”

He is connecting with his readers over the shared misery that is the Irish experience is most likely the author s intent by including the extended quote in the paragraphs below: When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all, the book s second paragraph begins in a famous passage. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: The happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood.