Yet again

The "beloved one" seems to be more of an object rather than a person that can just be taken

Constant theme of being a monk and trying to live a "pastoral life"

He continues to try to commit suicide, save his beloved, elope, and escape prison.

Is this where we got the idea that if you put a white sheet over your head you're automatically a ghost?

Wow. His love disappears again and the only way he can cope with that is attempting to kill himself yet again.

Feels like something out of a child's story now

Interesting word choice.

Mr. Oldbuck has a difficult time and has a lot of bad luck throughout this story.

Fighting for his love

A major part of story-telling. In our middle school English classes, we learned about the story arc. At the top is the character's conflict, which we learned is something they must "overcome."

I must say that this made me laugh out loud. I agree with someone else's comment from earlier that this feels like a scene from Looney Tunes.

Humor coming out of a tragic event such as suicide.

Feels like some similarities between this story and Romeo and Juliet, due to the fact that these two people seem to be unable to be together because of some forbidden love.

Almost every first sentence on the first page of the two is more of a description of Mr. Oldbuck rather than saying "Mr. Oldbuck is sitting down and thinking about..."

As we discussed in class, Mr. Oldbuck's "ladye-love is never named.