Neoplatonic Love In John Donne's

On February 4, 1938, the first ever Disney Princess movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered, taking in over $1.6 billion when accounting for inflation. This single movie was the first in a series of movies that would redefine a portion of every young girls' life. Today, almost each and every girl goes through something called the “princess” phase, in which they become completely obsessed with everything to do with the Disney princesses. This obsession comes in many forms, including an obsession with the music, the films, and, most importantly, the merchandise. Not only this, but girls also become obsessed with the idea of “true love” and “happily ever after,” a running theme in most of the movies. True love is the idea that two people are meant to be together, that their love defies all human limitations, that they share one mind, one heart, and one soul. In other words, true love is Neoplatonic. Neoplatonism is the idea that there are ideal forms of everything good in the universe and that they are represented in God. Neoplatonic love, therefore, is …show more content…
Shakespeare’s sonnet, though on the same topic, had no certain subject. Donne’s poem, however, presents a possible case of Neoplatonic love by describing him and his wife’s love for each other. Donne states that these “virtuous men pass mildly away” and that many of their friends allow them to do so. He explains that they should do the same and not cry out with “tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests,” that it would only lessen their love for each other and make them like the people around them. They do not need to cry out to each other to show they love one another, making their love almost ethereal, or in other words, a Neoplatonic