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Love Conquers All
Raquel Marquez
Mrs. Geistamnn
English 1 (H)
12/11/14
Love Conquers All Virgil said, "Love conquers all, let us too surrender to love." Love could be described as insanity and outrageous to those who know it or even despise it. Love conquers all. If the obstacles be physical, which we cannot change ourselves, then our minds will mold as we see fit, even if it means going insane. Love conquers all because, being only one true love, it has no conditions. After getting a taste of love we will stray, only to come back for more, for it's what our souls yearn for. Thus, conquering the obstacles and liabilities of life. Love conquers the views of society. During the Civil Rights Movement, the "Blacks" or African-American people were being discriminated in America and other countries, it became obvious to a lot of African-Americans that violence against violence was getting them no where. Blacks loved their families, friends, countries, and white people. They were going to stand up for their rights as humans, but to do this they had to make obvious what the whites were doing to the blacks. African-Americans let themselves be beat and murdered. They protested by not going to places they were allowed or/and going to places they weren't allowed to go to. It took a while, and it still goes on today, but the labels and views of society have been ever so more lifted off their shoulders. Love conquers all, including time. In the movie Malificent, the fairy whom had lost her wings to her childhood friend and romantic lover, had cursed his newborn baby girl as revenge. After taking care of the baby girl, Aurora, from a distance, Malificent thought she hated this child. As the girl grew, Malificent grew in her love for Aurora. Finally, when the curse had taken place, Malificent knew what she had done long ago now affected her and she devastated by this. When all hope seemed lost, she herself had lifted the curse from Aurora because of her sincerity of repentance and love for

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