“Here’s to do with hate but more to do with love”(Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet). Love’s current role in society resembles how the love in Brave New World; more based on the love of society and self-preservation. "I was wondering," said the Savage, "why you had them at all—seeing that you can get whatever you want out of those bottles. Why don't you make everybody an Alpha Double Plus while you're about it?”Mustapha Mond laughed. "Because we have no wish to have our throats cut," he answered. "We believe in happiness and stability.” (16.40-1) The ideal role is one of uniting, loving family, and loving God or prefered faith as in Romeo and Juliet.“Good night, good night! parting is such sweet sorrow,That I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.”(Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet) The improvement of apollonian qualities over dionysian ones in love are vital to humanity.
To illustrate, humanity is starting to dilute. Love is not used for morality, but for the collective of society as a whole like in Brave New World. Soma and controlling of the masses using science and machines over morality are the main driving force for that dystopian world. …show more content…
In Romeo and Juliet, love is used as it is intended for."O my love, my wife!/ Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath/ Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty."( Act 5, Scene 3, lines 91-93) Marriage and unity are virtues common throughout the selection. “Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed.If that thy bent of love be honorable.Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow,By one that I'll procure to come to thee,Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite,And all my fortunes at thy foot I'll lay And follow thee my lord throughout the world.”(2.2.149-155) Modern standards for love are dropping like flies in a firestorm. Humanity as a whole is in need of unification and improvement in ethical
To illustrate, humanity is starting to dilute. Love is not used for morality, but for the collective of society as a whole like in Brave New World. Soma and controlling of the masses using science and machines over morality are the main driving force for that dystopian world. …show more content…
In Romeo and Juliet, love is used as it is intended for."O my love, my wife!/ Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath/ Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty."( Act 5, Scene 3, lines 91-93) Marriage and unity are virtues common throughout the selection. “Three words, dear Romeo, and good night indeed.If that thy bent of love be honorable.Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow,By one that I'll procure to come to thee,Where and what time thou wilt perform the rite,And all my fortunes at thy foot I'll lay And follow thee my lord throughout the world.”(2.2.149-155) Modern standards for love are dropping like flies in a firestorm. Humanity as a whole is in need of unification and improvement in ethical