Everlasting Love

Throughout the ages, many have tried to comprehend the human experience of love and its ineffable and mysterious force that leads us to complete euphoria or utter despair, with songs, paintings, and stories. In Plato’s Symposium, six guest including Socrates, tackle and attempt to define love amongst each other. With each attempt, and our study of Johns gospel, the intertextuality between the symposium and John 15:8-17 helps one better understand the portrait that John portrays of Jesus as the ultimate

secret of finding, and keeping, a strong, everlasting love like the one E. E. Cumming’s describes in his poem “[i carry your heart with me(i carry it in]. According to Cumming’s, unity is key to finding this secret to love. Being one with a person’s partner will bring them this unique bond that they will never find with another person. Cumming’s use of syntax, figurative language, and punctuation in a poem about the unity of love, reveals the secret to how love can create a strong unity between two people

the narrator and Annabel Lee. Annabel Lee is the love of the narrator, and has been since they were children. The narrator explains that the angels are jealous of the love Annabel Lee and the narrator share. This, as the narrator explains, is the reason that Annabel Lee was killed and placed her her vault by the sea. He then lays in her tomb alongside her for the rest of his days.. These are just a few examples that explain the theme of everlasting love and the representation of romanticism. First

Astell, the idea of everlasting love is discredited. She speaks of ultimatums and how people marry for this reason or the other. She gives the realistic view on love, and on the world. She allows the reader to see the institution of marriage that is male-dominated. The main purpose of Mary Astell’s essay according to critic J. Williams is to put emphasis on “how the institution of marriage is male-dominated and women are given less of an opportunity to choose their partner.” Love ends at some point

represents how strong their love is for each other. The fact that the heart is in the center represents how the whole story revolves around the love they have for each other and what they will endure to be with one another. I drew this because I felt that the place where the two kindled their relationship was a good background and i also felt that it was an easy scene to draw. The heart goes with the theme of love being everlasting and that whatever they do they do it for love. for instance when Buttercup

bandage. Furthermore, if the bandage were to remain on the wound for a long period of time, it would produce further sores causing more of a hindrance than a remedy. A source of healing never causes further harm! In contrast, a solution with an everlasting source of healing not only provides relief, it supplies a comfort that never ends bringing true joy, satisfaction and

“The course of true love never did run smooth”, Lysander had told Hermia. (1.1.136) In the play, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” written by William Shakespeare, it is evident that the story is based on love. To be more specific, love's difficult flaws. To be more specific the obstacles that love throws at you. This essay will tell why the theme of this story is that The path of true love never runs smoothly; there are always obstacles put in the way of true love. There are so many different examples

members, play important or decisive roles in determining who marries whom.” (p. 590). Asia and The Middle East follows this tradition and believe that marriage should come first then think about love. Some people believe in love at first sight, however, others believe that it takes time and patience to love someone and develop a relationship with them. Arranged marriage leaves their child with no choice but to marry the person they picked out for them. This may also be referred as Forced marriage.

physically impossible for a living person or organism to escape the face of death. On the other hand, one may argue that when someone or something dies their spirit and soul remains alive. William Shakespeare is a well-known poet who wrote many poems about love and death in his time. To be exact Shakespeare perished four hundred and thirteen years ago in year 1603; however, the real question should be ¬¬¬did Shakespeare really die? Did Shakespeare try to cheat death with his writing? He may have died about

as “Sonnet 116,” Shakespeare uses a love theme to articulate that despite obstacles, real love never expires. First, he defines love as though it obtains a decree. For example, over time, circumstances and a person may change, but Shakespeare declares that a person cannot influence love. After some explanation the regulations of love, Shakespeare defines love as though it contains no boundaries. For instance, throughout the sonnet, he clearly indicates that love cannot move, be measured, or die. Much