What is the difference between love and passion? The definition of love is a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person. The definition of passion is a strong sexual or romantic feeling for someone. The obvious difference in love and passion is that love is constant and passion is not. In Metamorphoses, Ovid uses several of his stories to show examples of different types of love and passion. Two stories with examples of both love and passion are the stories of Pyramus and Thisbe and of Byblis and Caunus. On the other hand, an example of passion is the story of Medea and Jason. Within his stories about love and passion, Ovid reveals the danger of passion without love and the harm in love and intense passion.
The tragic story of Pyramus and Thisbe is about how forbidden love intensifies passion, which results in harm. In this example, Pyramus and Thisbe instantly fall in love with each other, but their marriage is forbidden by their parents. Separation from each other creates an intense passion to be together and when they are finally able to be together, fate intervenes and Pyramus kills himself so he can be with Thisbe who has already “died”. Thisbe’s love and intense …show more content…
Medea is so overcome with passion for Jason that she finds a way to assure his hand in marriage. Jason finds Medea appealing but he is mainly focused on obtaining the Golden Fleece. Before Jason and Medea are married, they do not get the chance to love each other. Medea says, “I wonder if this isn’t love, so called, or something rather like it-”(223). Their relationship was built off of passion rather than love and it seems like Medea is the one pursuing Jason. Their love is never constant and their passion is only present at certain times. The intense passion does not result in danger but if Jason had not agreed to marry Medea, she might have gone insane. This intense passion did not result in danger but it could have very
The tragic story of Pyramus and Thisbe is about how forbidden love intensifies passion, which results in harm. In this example, Pyramus and Thisbe instantly fall in love with each other, but their marriage is forbidden by their parents. Separation from each other creates an intense passion to be together and when they are finally able to be together, fate intervenes and Pyramus kills himself so he can be with Thisbe who has already “died”. Thisbe’s love and intense …show more content…
Medea is so overcome with passion for Jason that she finds a way to assure his hand in marriage. Jason finds Medea appealing but he is mainly focused on obtaining the Golden Fleece. Before Jason and Medea are married, they do not get the chance to love each other. Medea says, “I wonder if this isn’t love, so called, or something rather like it-”(223). Their relationship was built off of passion rather than love and it seems like Medea is the one pursuing Jason. Their love is never constant and their passion is only present at certain times. The intense passion does not result in danger but if Jason had not agreed to marry Medea, she might have gone insane. This intense passion did not result in danger but it could have very