The English word "love" can refer to a variety of different feelings‚ states‚ and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection to pleasure . It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment. It can also be a virtue representing human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection—"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another". As well‚ it may describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one’s self or animals. Four forms of interpersonal
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dated‚ had an urge to do things they are not supposed to‚ made stupid decisions not knowing the consequences of the situation they have put themselves into‚ and it always seems to be that young love can never wait. In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet‚ two teenage star-crossed lovers fall in love. Not knowing where this will lead them in the future. The two embark on a short journey of hardships‚ only with the thought and hope‚ one day they will be able to be together‚ without being hated
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II Essay #1‚ Winter 2013 Edna St. Vincent Millay‚ “Love is Not All” Love is not all: it is not meat nor drink Nor slumber nor a roof against the rain; Nor yet a floating spar to men that sink And rise and sink and rise and sink again; 5 Love can not fill thickened lung with breath‚ Nor clean the blood‚ nor set the fractured bone; Yet many a man is making friends with death Even as I speak‚ for lack of love alone It well may be that in a difficult hour‚ 10
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Franz Kafka once said‚ “Love is a drama of contradictions.” In other words‚ love can cause joy as well as sorrow. Often in life‚ people are in love and therefore have many contradictions with those that they love. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet explains the rivalry between two households‚ the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo‚ a Montague‚ and Juliet‚ a Capulet‚ fall in love‚ but since their houses experience strong hatred toward each other‚ they must withstand difficult challenges and face
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Lee 1 Amy Lee Mr. Kenneth Christensen English Comp. II September 27‚ 2011 What is The Magic of Love The title of “Magic of Love” goes well with this poem‚ because love is magic as some people might say. The author is stating how love feels in great detail. She uses different ways to tell how love feels. The words she uses rhyme throughout the poem. She uses such rhymes as: gift‚ lift; bless‚ happiness; night‚ bright; way‚ day; kind‚ find; depart‚ hearts; and do‚ true. The mood of
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Platonic Love In the Symposium‚ which is normally dated at the beginning of the middle period‚ Plato introduces his theory of love. First thing to note is that in Plato’s theory‚ love is given and its existence is not questioned. The word love leaves the matter ambiguous as to whether we are discussing love in the normal‚ human‚ sense of the word‚ or if we are discussing desire in a much broader sense‚ but in this discussion we are only considering only love of type eros‚ love as a kind
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Love and hate are two powerful and intense emotions that define humankind. Both emotions are independently defined as opposites but are almost compatible in terms of how they make one feel. Love and hate are also dependent emotions‚ you feel one because of the other. They are like two halves of a whole‚ one cannot exist without the other. Hate is the absence of love. We love to hate but hate to love. Love and hate are not as complicated as people make them out to be but they have different levels
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Back then‚ I have never appreciated the love that my mom always gave me‚ not because I don’t love her‚ but because I always take her for granted. I don’t always appreciate the love she’s giving me most of the time. I don’t tell her “thank you” or “I love you” half as much as I should be telling. I’ve found that I put more energy into relationship that aren’t as important as the one I have with who gave me life and raised me to be the person today. The kitchen is where my mom and I grew a strong Mother
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In Hemmingway’s novella‚ The Old Man and The Sea‚ love is displayed in an unusual way through the protagonist‚ Santiago. The love exist between an old man and nature‚ specifically‚ the ocean‚ rather than between man and women. Santiago’s love for the ocean is more than a pleasurable love‚ rather a love that is the essential part of completing his unique and honorable life. Along with love‚ the sea is his source of pride. His sorrow is expressed deeply early in the novella after eighty-four consecutive
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1. In today’s society‚ love is something everyone expects to behold in their lifetime. If someone veers from the stereotype of marriage‚ they are often ridiculed. But is love really a necessity in life? In Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poem “Love is not all” the persona conveys that love is not essential to survival‚ but that she would sacrifice everything in her life in order to preserve the love she shares with her significant other. 2. This poem is a sonnet which means it contains fourteen lines
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