Describe The Relationship Between Anesha And Zander

The readers can tell how strong their love is as in the story when Persephone is kidnapped by Hades and was brought into the underworld to be his wife. This of course left a grieving mother. In her depressed state being the goddess of corn and harvest, she left the world cold and that no crops would grow leaving mankind to fend for themselves. That is one strong bond loosing one person into leaving a world to starve themselves to death. It got to the point where Zeus the Father of God and man had to intervene and tell Hades to return her daughter.

Sometimes it is hard to let go of someone to whom one feels he or she had a special bond, or cared about a great deal. Such is the case in Book Five: "The Fighting of Perseus." Phineus, angry that he has lost his bride to another man, takes an army to Perseus' palace to reclaim his woman. Phineus was told to let it go, she wasn't worth it, but still, Phineus persisted. As a result, hundreds were killed in a battle, and Phineus was turned to stone. Before he was turned to stone, he says, "No hate for you, no lust for power drove me / Into this fight; it was my bride I fought for" (Ovid 114). Letting go of someone can be tough to do, but one has to realize that sometimes it is in the best interest of everyone if he or she just moves on with his or her life.

There is something extensive preventing faith from uniting both of these star-crossed lovers who are desperately in love. In the Greek Myth The Love Story of Pyramus and Thisbe the star-crossed lovers are prohibited to see each other because of the rivalry families. “Although neighbors, their families were hostile to one another so the love between Pyramus and Thisbe remained a secret” (Greek 1). They are involved in a family feud that goes back years before any of the members were born. Yet the feud still continues due to the fact that neither family is ready to forgive and forget the past.

"...Sisters' vows...school days' friendship...our needles created both one flower...so we grew together...like a double cherry...in union in partition...one heart...our ancient love..." (3.2.202-218)

Many eons ago, back in Ancient Greece on Mount Olympus, it was naturally that time of year, in which all the gods and goddesses would find their one true love. Of course, there was a goddess of love and beauty, whose talent was much needed at this time of year. This goddess was named Aphrodite. Aphrodite helped people fall in love all the time, yet she could never find love for herself. One day, Aphrodite saw a happy couple holding hands and laughing. She started to feel bitter. She was upset since she could not seem to find the happiness of love for herself.

One of the overarching themes that spanned over the many books we read over the semester, was the nature of love and the search for meaning. Love is an inherent aspect of humanity, and while it is an often inexplicable and complex sentiment, it is intrinsically connected with mankind's search for meaning in life. Love often leads a person in directions that they do not expect, and this is obvious in the very different applications of love in different books. However, one common idea about the relationship between love, suffering, and wisdom, can be argued for based off the ancient texts that we read. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Antigone, and The Tale of Genji, love is used as a vehicle for wisdom through suffering and loss.

Love is a confusing thing. Many people confuse its connotation and generally never truly understand what it means. From reading “A&P” and “Araby” and understanding how the characters develop throughout the stories, there is a significant difference of what we portray love to be compared to what it actually is. Throughout both stories, both protagonists thought they understood love, but little did they know that they were in for a rude awakening. Both “A&P” and “Araby” go about depicting love in an almost similar way. However, although both stories entail jubilant love amongst the youth, they both incorporate an epiphany of reality in which both protagonists did not foresee.

There exists no power as inexplicable as that of love. Love cannot be described in a traditional fashion; it is something that must be experienced in order for one to truly grasp its full enormity. It is the one emotion that can lead human beings to perform acts they are not usually capable of and to make sacrifices with no thought of the outcome or repercussions. Though love is full of unanswered questions and indescribable emotions, one of the most mystifying aspects of love is its timeless nature. Love is the one emotion, unlike superficial sentiments such as lust or jealousy, which can survive for years, or even generations. In the novel The Gargoyle, the author, Andrew Davidson, explores the idea of eternal love between two people,

One way that Zakia and Ali are comparable to romeo and juliet is there run away story. They had to escape a family feud that both of them had issues in since there family isn't willing to transcend the issue so here kids can be happy and are preferring religion over family. This is something I would think that their family wouldn't do but because of how religious Afghanistan is this issue is blown much more out of the water than it would be since how Afghanistan does not separate religion and government but combines the two. This makes Zakia and Ali heretics to the state which should not be allowed for two “star crossed lovers” who have found each other and are actually happy which seems to be a rare occasion.

The tragic love story between Dido and Aeneas is a prime example of the gods ability to intervene but not interfere. Venus asks her son Cupid to work his divine power on the Queen of Carthage to fall in love with Aeneas, for she fears that Juno ‘will not stand idle when the gate of the future is turning’ [1.673]. By book 4 when Dido has admitted to her sister her love for Aeneas, Juno sees

The Greeks have a fair relationship with the gods, as long as they don’t aggravate or provoke them. In Homer’s The Odyssey, Odysseus has a great relationship with Athena: “ While Odysseus slept, his faithful friend Athena went into the city of the Phaeacians”(9). This demonstrates the Greeks and gods can have a great relationship similar to one of two friends.

“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” helps the reader to frame the word love into the classification of Agape Love. The author introduces us to the subject “Love” as a supernatural Being that encompasses just the purest definition of the word (1). This Love was dwelling as outside the temporal and terrestrial territory (2). However, this Love decided to leave and come to earth because of compassion (4), mercy (5), and unbounded love (6) for humanity. Love with its attributes of mercy, compassion, and love aim to bring salvation (7) for the people that have “trembling” or fear God(8).

with some very different views of love as brought to us by Agathon, Phaedrus and

Because all gods are happy and beautiful, Diotima says Love cannot really be a god. She insists that Love is a great spirit, "for all spiritual is between divine and mortal" (98). Love, as a spirit, serves like a middle man between the gods and humans on Earth.

“Love looks not with the eyes but with the mind. And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind” (Shakespeare 17). When we are in love, we don’t see with our eyes, we see with our minds. That is why paintings of Cupid, the god of love, is always shown as blind. Since Cupid has no eyes, but has wings, he is bound to cause trouble. Love is the same way. It does not have good judgement and it causes trouble. Since love is not seen through eyes, Cupid is painted without eyes. Seeing that love is seen through the mind, it has the possibility of causing mischief. Just how Cupid is described as having only wings, he creates careless problems and trouble. Love does not look with reason, but with imagination. It cannot be affected or impacted by any kind