Unrequited Love Essay

“Sapphic nature”, meaning a homosexual nature involving women. She was well known for her unabashed passion in writing as well as in living, which is easily felt in her poem, “He is more than a hero”. Some may say that forbidden love is the most passionate love, the most heated love, and Sappho would surely agree to that. While there were many behind-doors orgies and same-sex relations, an open-door relationship of any sort, other than brief friendship, between two women was quite frowned upon…

Love is a basic human emotion that creates conflict within the people. Twelfth Night, a 1605 play, written by William Shakespeare focuses on various types of love. The following types of love are repetitive throughout the play; familial, hidden, friendship, unrequited love. The characters variety of relationships portrays different types of affection throughout Twelfth Night. Twelfth Night had four characters in the play that were related. Viola and Sebastian were identical twins; Olivia and…

Romeo and Juliet, the sad story of fanatical love eventually ending in death. Even though many people already know what is going to happen, they read this never-ending play with the sad theme and dooming tone as fate and society work against the love of Romeo and Juliet. Ultimately ending in sadness and torment for everyone. Through the actions of Friar Lawrence and his choices to marry Romeo and Juliet, use of poor judgment, and his sinful ways lead to a tragic ending. The play begins with an…

Love Sometimes love can be wretched. And other times it can be exciting and charming. In these works of literature, love can be interpreted in many ways. Depending on certain situations that the writer is trying to express, changes how the characters see love. Love can be a complex thing to understand; it can take any perspective. The writers use imagery and tone to interpret the type of love they’re feeling. The poems can use descriptive imagery and have fast rhythm to express the excitement…

Irrationality in Love in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream Love is a central motif in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night's Dream, as evidenced by the actions and agency of the main characters in the play. According to Hutton (290), many critics feel that Shakespeare offers the audience a choice between the rational and irrational. The theme of love brings out this choice capably, as demonstrated by the perception that rational love triumphs over irrational love, as the young lovers settle for…

Mercutio is an anti-romantic character who, regards that love is no more than an excuse to pursue sexual pleasure and makes a man weak and pathetic. When Romeo complains about the heartache of his unrequited love for Rosaline, Mercutio tells him to get over it already by punning bawdily: “If love be rough with you, be rough with love:/ Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down”(I, iv, 27-28). Mercutio advocates an adversarial concept of love that contrasts sharply with Romeo 's idealized…

Every type of love has appeared in literature at least once. Authors use love to represent a relationship between characters or just to help develop the plot. Some types of love are unrequited love, parental love, and lastly romantic love. Scientifically, romantic love is when the chemicals in the brain kick in and make the person feel an emotional high full of exhilaration, passion, and elation when the person is with their lover. When a person is in love they tend to overlook faults, conflict…

The course of love is rarely harmonious, and is often susceptible to lack of reason and sense. Unrequited love is a tragically universal theme experienced by most that cruelly targets its victims with little discretion. In William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the theme of love’s uncontrollable power is reflected through a metaphor mouthed by an emotion-blinded Helena after she follows Demetrius to find Lysander and Hermia in the woods during Act Two, Scene One: “You draw me, you…

Throughout many Greek myths whether it is The Quest of the Golden Fleece or the heroic story of Theseus, love is a major player in the events that unfolds. Medea’s love for Jason and Ariadne’s love for Theseus had both played a big role in the success of each hero’s respective missions. The role of love may be important but the pursuit of love is just as important because it affects the characters emotionally and physically as well as lead to unanticipated events. In one particular myth, a…

Sappho fr. 1 is a poem written by the greek poet Sappho. In 1-2 lines, Sappho addresses Aphrodite, the goddess of love, and praises her as the “daughter of Zeus” and the “weaver of snares”, the snares being love. In lines 2-4, she begs Aphrodite to stop her heart from feeling pain and sorrow, so it appears that Sappho is falling in love and needs Aphrodite to prevent her from heartbreak. Then in lines 5-9, Sappho calls upon Aphrodite, saying that if Aphrodite has ever helped her before then she…