The title is "Isn't It Romantic?" This essay compares the short stories "A Haunted House" by O. Henry and "The Gift of the Magi" by Virginia Woolf. This covers theme, setting, and mood.

Isn't it Romantic? No matter what race someone is, what country they are from, or what gender they are, they have all at one time or another loved something. Love is considered to be the language of the heart. Lydia Maria Child once said, "The cure for all ills and wrongs, the cares, the sorrows and the crimes of humanity, all lie in the one word 'love.' It is the divine vitality that everywhere …

…stories that continue throughout the ages. Although the author's differing perspectives came from living in different areas, differing lifestyles and gender, and two separate time periods, there are many similarities that tie the two pieces together. Love is proved through the theme, setting, and mood of these works flow together to make "a cure for all ills and wrongs." The characters in these stories loved, and loved purely, thereby proving that love, indeed, conquers all.