> Many fear new and unexpected relationships, believing the only outcomes are rejection and hurt. The persona, in `The Weakness on Me' by Joan Armatrading portrays the desperation to deny feelings and emotions. Remembering relationships from the past, which caused untreatable wounds and never healing scars. The use of rhetorical questions, `Why do you come here..."', ` Why do you call me..."' make the reader think and emphasises the feeling of the unforeseen relationship. The repetition, `Why do you...' also emphasises the issues faced with love.

Likewise, similar issues are portrayed in `10 Things I Hate About You'. Katherina, previously hurt because her mother left her at a young age, had beforehand experienced an intimate relationship with Joey. Being the most popular guy in school, Joey convinced Katherina that a physical relationship wasn't unusual for teenagers their age and that `everyone was doing it'. Realising that she was...