Love

The word love is being used today more than ever. I believe that the word ‘love’ has lost some of its potency because of the fact that it is so commonly associated with many different things. It is used for materialistic and non-materialistic entities. Phrases such as, ‘I love that car,’ ‘I love that watch’ are being used today. People don’t use the word love to describe a strong relationship with one another as much anymore. The word love is being thrown out there and the real deep meaning is…

Many of us believe or think that we are in love with a certain someone or something you do in your everyday life. For me I have always questioned if I knew what love really meant or what love really felt like, like how do I know if I love this certain person or knew if I really love doing what I do. I have always thought about this question and I really want it answered so I decided to research this topic about how do I truly know if I love someone or something I do in my everyday life. During…

important it is to love others and ourselves, as God taught us to. Throughout Units 1 and 2 in our Love, Choices, and Vocations class, we learned how to strengthen and better our relationships with God, others, and ourselves through love. In every human being, there is an inner voice or center of peace that inspires us and calls us to a particular way of life. For many people. this inner voice, or ‘vocation’, is God speaking to them and telling them what He…

Victorian-era definitions of love focusing especially on the expectation and perspective of women’s love. Most people assume that through feminist movements, 21st century women are treated with more respect as equals and do not need to prove themselves compared to the 1940s and 1950s. Weisser critiques this idea by stating that even though women’s identity is not entirely framed by their ability to find love and marry, the idea persists that “contemporary women who lack the right kind of love…

Romeo and Juliet set the modern day standards of what romantic love is, with some even willing to go to similar tragic extents in the name of this intangible feeling. Why is love so powerful? Is it natural for us to lose ourselves in this fiery passion? And what do world religions speak of such emotions? The notion of romantic love can be defined as the desire to feel emotionally connected to someone else, often described as “the other half” or a “soul mate”. Biologically speaking, such desire…

Viola/Cesario of his love for the countess of Illyria, and all of its imperfections. However, Viola does not completely approve of Orsino's cynical view of women, as he argues that there can be no comparison between the kind of love that a man has for a woman and vice-versa. In the start, Cesario reminds Orsino that Olivia has denied his confessions many times already, but refuses to accept that she is not romantically interested in him. Which suggests that perhaps Orsino's love is selfish…

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…

Aristophanes explains love in terms of soul mates. He explains that we all use to be one with someone else, we had two heads and multiple limbs, sharing everything together and completing one another. One day the gods cut us into two, causing us to wonder earth searching for our other half, Never feeling complete without our soul mate. Although Aristophanes did explain that if we are all to praise the god Love, and praise him well one day he would put us back together with our other half and we…

level of love. People who lower their standards or accept the first person who comes along can easily get into a relationship. They may even be happy for a while, but soon the relationship starts to crumble and unhappiness sets in. It takes more effort to find love that lasts. But, it is worth the effort! When you get into a relationship with someone who is your perfect match - or as close to it as possible, then you will have an easier time working through issues and making the love stand the…

According to “Falling in Love” Elia/Chen Lecture notes (class reader section 3 chapter 2), we fall in love with someone are physically close to us such as school, workplaces, neighborhoods or that people who creates opportunity to see them and interact with them. We fall in love because of familiarity and similarities, becoming familiar with their behavior is making it is easier to predict and create…