Philosophy of love

The social life of a human being is characterized by social interactions. These social interactions are associated with emotions such as love and hate and are the building blocks for social structure (Anderson, Margaret, Taylor 76). There are several existing theories with respect to the biological and psychoanalytical aspects of love and hate. I will be specifically analyzing theories regarding the psychoanalytical aspect. A couple of interpretations that stand out are Freud, Melanie Klein, Ian…

condition. “What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why” by Edna St. Vincent Millay and “Sonnet 18” by William Shakespeare investigate erotic and platonic love in a similar yet contrasting manner. Millay’s poem explores personal grief when passionate love wanes with age. Shakespeare’s poem, on the other hand, depicts platonic love for a friend who, to the narrator, is the epitome of perfection. The poems have similar form: both are Petrarchan sonnets and both possess iambic pentameter.…

tools that can be implemented to prevent conflicts in the future. The following examines the analysis of Dr Gottman’s “Love Lab” video and looks at the effectiveness of his studies, if there is an accurate formula for choosing a spouse,…

Analyzing Romeo and Juliet through the view of Aristotelian principles of a tragedy Romeo and Juliet is one of the famous love story as well as a Shakespearean tragedy written by William Shakespeare probably in 1591 and 1595. The play was published in 1597. It is mainly about two young lovers whose family did not get along, but later a tragic death occurs to them which reconcile the two families. Shakespeare got inspiration from a poem called “The Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Luliet,” by…

Aristotle's "Nichomachean Ethics" is filled with wisdom. He provides his views on what he believes is the different form of friendship. Aristotle claims that there are three forms of friendship. The three are friendships based on utility, pleasure, and good. Among those three there is one form of friendship that is best, and that is the friendship based on goodness. According to Aristotle, the friendship based on a moral good is a perfect form of friendship that is enduring. However, his logic…

Harold’s key influences such as, Maude representing the new generation of freethinkers redefining traditional values and his mother representing the older generation of parents coaching their near-absolute values of conformity, reflect the widening generation gap of the 1960s. The adult figures in Harold's life are not satisfied with his lifestyle and wish for him to appear more like themselves or demonstrate what they believe to be right. Although the paths they take in order to advance him…

satirical humor to ridicule and deride the members of the Victorian aristocracy. Wilde criticizes certain aspects of society, mocking social conventions such as marriage. This can be seen in the play when Jacks confides to Algernon that he is in love with Gwendolen and that he has come to town to propose to her, and Algernon replies that he thought that Jack came to town for pleasure when marriage, to him, is just business, it used as social advancement and the perpetuation of the classes…

explicit, with specific words for the most specific situations. There is a word in German that describes the impulsive will to visit a place one had never been. The word is fernweh and it expresses the feeling of missing a place that one has fallen in love with, even though one may have never visited previously. I have been feeling fernweh for over three years towards Germany and its progressive culture that seems to be a hope for our tumultuous word. My fernweh made me…

and Valentine de Villefort specifically. For instance, on page 365 The Count begs Maximillian to take upon himself a desire to Wait and Hope for Valentine's health and safety while The Count displays his hope that he can save her. He declares, "You love her! ... Ah, for your sake I must save her! I tell you to hope. Do you understand me? Remember that I never utter a falsehood, and am never deceived. It is early, Maximilian; thank heaven that you came at noon rather than in the evening…

The novel The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea, by Yukio Mishima, focuses on the story of Ryuji. Ryuji, a young naive Japanese male, believes in glory being obtained at sea. Yet nevertheless he falls in love with Fusako, a lady of the shore. Fusako's son, Nuboru and his gang, reject the adult world as sentimental and hypocritical, preferring to believe in objectivity. Noboru and Fusako's ideals remain unchanged throughout the novel. The novel is divided into winter and summer,…