The Concept Of Love In George Bernard Shaw

Love was very important to the Shakespearean audience. There is not a play written by Shakespeare that does not contain some form of a love relationship. These plays usually end happily, however in the case of “Macbeth”, the relationship that carries this important function, that is love, is conveyed in a way most peculiar. Instead of the average “happily ever after” ending an audience would expect, Shakespeare offers the audience, a villainous duo. One would expect that their relationship is an average husband and wife relationship, but there are many similarities and differences in the relationship which makes it even more enjoyable for the audience to watch the course of it.

Within Shakespeare’s play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, the reader is exposed to the idea that love is an over-arching shadow that casts itself over the entirety of the play, despite it being the most fundamental theme within the plot it is the main cause of nearly every major event that happens within the play. This is seen within Theseus’ monologue where he discusses the ideas of: love being able to drive you to do insane acts, love altering one’s perception of reality, and the lengths one is willing to go to in the name of love.

Compare the views of relationships in ‘The Unequal Fetters’ with those in ‘To his Coy Mistress’. What is suggested about the different ways in which men and women view love?

One of the many themes of the play is that of love. Many different types of love are depicted in the book. There is: Parental Love (Egeus and Hermia, Titania and Little Indian Boy), Friendly Love (Helena and Hermia, The Workmen), Unrequited Love (Helena and Demetrius), Official Love (Hermia and Demetrius), Argumentative Love (Oberon and Titania), Mad Sexual Love (Bottom and Titania),Passionate Love (Hermia

William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116” and Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Love Is Not All” both attempt to define love, by telling what love is and what it is not. Shakespeare’s sonnet praises love and speaks of love in its most ideal form, while Millay’s poem begins by giving the impression that the speaker feels that love is not all, but during the unfolding of the poem we find the ironic truth that love is all. Shakespeare, on the other hand, depicts love as perfect and necessary from the beginning to the end of his poem. Although these two authors have taken two completely different approaches, both have worked to show the importance of love and to define it. However, Shakespeare is most confident of his definition of love, while Millay seems

mind. It suggest the poet see it as love or nothing and that he was

1862 England (Victorian Era) was somewhat of an uptight society, especially compared to today. The majority of people, especially those in the upper class, were expected to be utmostly prim and proper and follow societal norms at all times. This included love, or what love was defined as during the period. George Meredith, in his poem aptly titled “Modern Love”, sets a scene where a husband and wife are sleeping side by side, both reflecting sorrowfully on their melancholy marriage. Meredith argues in this poem that the institution of modern love is inherently flawed, by exposing to the reader that while the husband and wife still care for each other, they want to leave each other because they are both scared of “modern love”. By doing so, Meredith is able to justify his overarching message that applies to all: love is a feeling that cannot be artificially replicated, and attempting to do so is only a detriment.

To emphasize the significance of love to a human being’s survival, the poem begins with the many aspects that love isn’t capable of. By stating the ways love is useless in providing as a necessity of life, the speaker is able to persuade the reader(s) that it serves no real purpose. Displaying the a b a parts of a Shakespearean sonnet rhyme scheme, love “is not meat or drink nor slumber nor a roof against the rain; nor yet a floating spar to men that sink,” (Millay 1-3) it holds no practical value. It can’t provide you with food and shelter you from nature or even help you to survive. In other words, these stanzas connected the image of love to an idea of uselessness in surviving.

This is especially true in their pursuit of love and acceptance. The ways the characters strive for their desires are meant to hit the audience in the gut. The relationships between characters and the actions of the characters have heavy emotional, visceral, and erotic impact. These actions and interactions are meant to show the lengths people will go so they do not feel unloved. The characters in the play are constantly expressing and denying their love for each other.

Love does play an important role in the play, as there is a choral ode (35-36) dedicated to the nature of love, but there were different forms that impacted each character differently because that’s what the whole play was about. The choral ode’s primary argument about the nature of love was that it cannot be overcome: “In battle the victory goes to Love; Prizes and properties fall to Love”(35), it can drive a man insane: “O Love, no one can hide from you: You take gods who live forever, You take humans who die in a day, And they take you and go mad”(35), and the desires involved in love will always win: “And the winner will be desire, Shining in the eyes of a bride, An invitation to bed, A power sweep across the bounds of what is Right”(35). This is shown throughout the

Here George’s Dad, Mr. Emerson, is speaking. This is quite a different view than a good member of English society would have lived by. “’I taught him,’ he quavered, ‘to trust in love. I said: ‘When love comes, that is reality.’ I said: ‘Passion does not blind. No. Passion is sanity, and the woman you love, she is the only person you will ever really understand’” (192). Here Mr. Forester is suggesting that love is more valuable, honest, and important than in any relationship than the social classes and social expectations of the time.

Love is an emotion, state, and feeling that everyone wishes to experience. It is a divine attraction to a person or thing. In most cases, people express this emotion towards another person. However, it is not uncommon for mankind to develop this form of attachment toward non living, inanimate objects. In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald reveals the theme of love through Gatsby’s intimate passion for Daisy, Daisy’s fondness of wealth, and Tom’s selfish infatuation with himself.

Love comes in many forms. For instance, there is love for your family, games, food, and other things. In the book, The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the protagonist, Gatsby, goes through his life trying to become rich, so he can be with Daisy, the girl that he loves. Gatsby goes through great lengths to try to achieve this goal. Whether it be selling bootlegged liquor or other illegal business or trying to get her to have an affair and leave with him. The truth is that Gatsby doesn’t actually really love Daisy, but her social status and wealth is something that he is after.

The beauty of love is what this passage focuses on, it shows us the love that two young lovers have towards each other. Even though they both know that their love is forbidden, they still love each other deeply. Shakespeare’s writing skills helps the audience connect with the characters with

Most of the characters in the play have a certain role and most of them have a special bond with another person and share one of the three types of love. Some characters share the love of