The Phantom of Love Love, an endless phenomenon that lasts even after death, entwines itself into a being at the first sign of life. Whitman and Dickinson, two famous poets of the 19th century, have similar views on the love of a child to its mother, the love of a friend, and the love of a spouse always being omnipresent and blossoming within oneself. These famous poets portray the common ideal of omnipresent love through the works labeled as “Love is anterior to life” and “As if a Phantom Caress’d Me.” The described everlasting love within individuals allows for one to remarry another, even after the loss of a spouse, positively affecting the individual and the ones surrounding. The process of losing a loved one can do an excessive amount
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1 Corinthians 7:39–40 relays that “if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes…” According to religious text, widows who remarry are doing God’s will and bringing pride and well-being among her family. If the deceased spouse has a brother, then the widow is expected to remarry in order to keep the genetic line pure. Remarriage in the perspective of old time religion brings a positive aspect unto the individual and the ones surrounding. The remarried widow receives the pride of being able to continue on her deceased husband’s bloodline while also giving her children a solid foundation in life. In the painting “Love and Death” by Da Loria Norman depicts the scene of an angel, a representation of love, following a cloaked figure, a representation of death, through what appears to be hell into another dimension. The color displayed within the painting is a battle between the warm and cool color scale associated with light and dark, love being portrayed in warm and bright colors, such as yellow and golds, and death illustrated with cool colors, like purple and brown. The use of religious images, an angel and a representation of death in a fiery setting, relays the similar theme within “As if a Phantom Caress’d Me” and “Love is Anterior to Life” that love is omnipresent and exists after
1 Corinthians 7:39–40 relays that “if her husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she wishes…” According to religious text, widows who remarry are doing God’s will and bringing pride and well-being among her family. If the deceased spouse has a brother, then the widow is expected to remarry in order to keep the genetic line pure. Remarriage in the perspective of old time religion brings a positive aspect unto the individual and the ones surrounding. The remarried widow receives the pride of being able to continue on her deceased husband’s bloodline while also giving her children a solid foundation in life. In the painting “Love and Death” by Da Loria Norman depicts the scene of an angel, a representation of love, following a cloaked figure, a representation of death, through what appears to be hell into another dimension. The color displayed within the painting is a battle between the warm and cool color scale associated with light and dark, love being portrayed in warm and bright colors, such as yellow and golds, and death illustrated with cool colors, like purple and brown. The use of religious images, an angel and a representation of death in a fiery setting, relays the similar theme within “As if a Phantom Caress’d Me” and “Love is Anterior to Life” that love is omnipresent and exists after