Platonic love

unfolds as William and Jocelyn meet and fall in love. Although, William frame of his victories also brought unwanted attention from his rival competitor,…

upon giving into such desires because he believed doing so allowed irrationality to lead one’s life. Instead, Plato extoled a life led by reason, stemming from the brain. Plato exhibits his view through the voice of Socrates in Phaedrus by showing how love madness, usually thought to be a lack of reason led by the sexual desires of the liver, is a means of living a desirable life of philosophy, led by the reason-based desires of the brain. In telling the story of Democritus, Ancient…

There are many words to define love. Some may say it is warm, happiness, magical, unbearable, and painful. There are also many different types of love that makes people experiments different kinds of feelings. Like unconditional love, it is very uncommon to find couples like this, usually only happens in fairy tales. These couples will love each other under any circumstance, nothing can break them apart. Furthermore, limerence and crushes a more common way of love, but can extend to limerence…

Aesthetic attraction is more affected by environment and upbringing, what influenced them growing up. Sensual and emotional attraction usually take place in a familial circumstance; children love their parents in a different sense than they love their pets. Emily Smith, freelance journalist for many reputable publications such as the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, states “Kindness (along with emotional stability) is the most important predictor of satisfaction and stability in a…

Is it Real? Love and infatuation are only slightly alike and are often mistaken as one or the other. Love may start as infatuation and grow into pure love but they are not often the same thing. They are different because love is stable, long lasting, and dynamic. Infatuation is jealous, static, and a euphoria that doesn’t last. Love gives more insight into someone’s true feelings because it is not an illusion like infatuation. Infatuation and love are different due to the feelings they put upon…

human 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…

butterflies, the strong beats of a drum and the river of thoughts that travel across the mind, it’s flirtatious, lust or love at first sight. The gentle touch on the shoulder, warm embraces feel the heart, the gentle and warm breath that lands so softly on the cheek from the face to face eye gazing, these are the beginnings of erotic moments that can lead to a lifetime of love. In the epic of “Gilgamesh” translated by Foster and the biblical story of David and Jonathan in “The Men of Color…

Shakespeare masks himself behind an unknown, imaginary poet in order to communicate his personal beliefs on love, time, beauty, and competition. All 154 of Shakespeare’s sonnets are categorized into multiple topics; the first and largest category pertains to…

the years flourished into an amazing relationship and as a result, they fell in love. There were harmful and helpful forms of maintenance that led Harry and Sally to recognize their feelings for each other. Harry and Sally initially met on a road trip from Chicago to New York. There was no indication of a relationship forming. This is where an important conversation about men and women being able to maintain a platonic relationship without involving sex took place between them. Harry was adamant…

through the use of: Love, Gender Roles and one's Family influence. Relationships are portrayed in multiple ways throughout each of the texts, whether it’s romantical, friendships or familial. ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ presents mainly romantic relationships as it is a key part of the play and links with the characters identities. Whereas ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ portrays platonic love and affection that characters have for one another. Both writers present…