Perhaps the most radical type of love is Agape or selfless love. This type of love derives its definition of love being altruistic to ones partner. This love could make a person willing to ensure difficulty that have no benefit to oneself, especially arises from one's partner. This style of love is mostly basic on sacrificing for others, being unconditional and selfless ("What Is Selfless Love?"). Agape is sometimes referenced with religious ideas and believes. These lovers view their lover as a blessings for them to conserve, and they expect less in receiving and tend more in giving. Breaking up or losing their lover is consider as one of the most painful experience in their love, so they will remain faithful to their partner to avoid anything
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When one reach its peak point of Agape love, he or she will give love to everyone extended to all people, whether family members or distant strangers of giving out charity. Heroes or heroic characters most likely to achieve this climax point in Agape love. An ancient hero, Beowulf would be an exemplar for Agape love. This epic piece is translated by Burton Raffel, an ancient poem of Anglo-Saxon about a warrior defeating three horrifying fiends. Although Beowulf is written by an anonymity, Beowulf displays the classical heroic code through his sense of responsibility to protect and love others. At his first match up with the monster Grendel, he pretends to be one of the sleepers so he could save others from getting attack in their sleeps. When "[the great devil] stepped to another/ Still body, clutched at Beowulf with his claws,/ Grasped at a strong-hearted wakeful sleep/ -And was instantly seized himself, claws/ Bent back as Beowulf leaned up on one arm" …show more content…
Death will softer,/ Leaving life and his people I've ruled/ So log, if I look at this last of all prizes" (669-674). At his last gasp, Beowulf, great hero of all, refuses to embezzle these splendid treasures for himself or his descendants but contributing them to his loving people. In fact, the most powerful quality of the ancient hero Beowulf is his selflessness will to sacrifice himself to provide his people with safety, which fully represent an ideal love form, Agape. On the other hand, Agape love could work toward the opposite direction, because when this style of love goes into another extreme, they will make sinful action, such as murdering or telling lies, for the sake of their partner's benefit even it will harm other people. An example for this extreme will be Lady Macbeth's love toward Macbeth. This came from a Shakespearean play of The Tragedy of Macbeth, which projects a reasonable and moral man on his downfall path and dramatizes the danger of the lust for power. When Lady Macbeth read the letter from her husband about the witches' prophesy, her thoughts immediately turn to murder, "Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be/ What thou art
When one reach its peak point of Agape love, he or she will give love to everyone extended to all people, whether family members or distant strangers of giving out charity. Heroes or heroic characters most likely to achieve this climax point in Agape love. An ancient hero, Beowulf would be an exemplar for Agape love. This epic piece is translated by Burton Raffel, an ancient poem of Anglo-Saxon about a warrior defeating three horrifying fiends. Although Beowulf is written by an anonymity, Beowulf displays the classical heroic code through his sense of responsibility to protect and love others. At his first match up with the monster Grendel, he pretends to be one of the sleepers so he could save others from getting attack in their sleeps. When "[the great devil] stepped to another/ Still body, clutched at Beowulf with his claws,/ Grasped at a strong-hearted wakeful sleep/ -And was instantly seized himself, claws/ Bent back as Beowulf leaned up on one arm" …show more content…
Death will softer,/ Leaving life and his people I've ruled/ So log, if I look at this last of all prizes" (669-674). At his last gasp, Beowulf, great hero of all, refuses to embezzle these splendid treasures for himself or his descendants but contributing them to his loving people. In fact, the most powerful quality of the ancient hero Beowulf is his selflessness will to sacrifice himself to provide his people with safety, which fully represent an ideal love form, Agape. On the other hand, Agape love could work toward the opposite direction, because when this style of love goes into another extreme, they will make sinful action, such as murdering or telling lies, for the sake of their partner's benefit even it will harm other people. An example for this extreme will be Lady Macbeth's love toward Macbeth. This came from a Shakespearean play of The Tragedy of Macbeth, which projects a reasonable and moral man on his downfall path and dramatizes the danger of the lust for power. When Lady Macbeth read the letter from her husband about the witches' prophesy, her thoughts immediately turn to murder, "Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be/ What thou art