Thin Line Between Love And Hate In Fairy Tales

Although the phrase, “thin line between love and hate” is commonly accepted as truth, I strongly disagree. Most people interpret this phrase as meaning that love and hate are so alike that you can hate someone or thing one second and love them the next, and vice-versa. I believe that this, "thin line" is actually more of a giant gorge, speaking figuratively. True love (not the type in fairy tales) is a heart-felt feeling for someone or something. If you truly have this type of deep passion, how can you swing into hate for that very same thing? Love and hate are exact opposites of each other, so I firmly believe that there is a whole canyon between love and hate.

First, love is often used as a word meaning “like”, but REAL love is a strong passion for something. Not just a like of something. It is an intense feeling of very, very strong admiration or affection. If you truly love someone with real love, you are willing to do almost anything for them. Well, if love is this deep, deep passion for something, then how can you change into hating it just like that?
Second, some say that there must be not much difference between love and hate because some people can go from love to hate in a second.
But, I think that if you can stop loving a person and hate them so quickly like that, then you never really loved that person. For example, Ishtar from the “Epic of Gilgamesh” said that she loved Gilgamesh, but when he rejected her, she immediately turned to hating Gilgamesh so much that she sent her revenge without a second thought. In my mind, the only way that she could have had this sudden swing of emotion is if all she had was a lust for Gilgamesh. In which case, then, there is a gorge between love and hate, and a river between lust and
hate.

Third, love (no matter what type) and hate are exact opposites. NOT like peanut butter and jelly, or red and blue. They are like God and Satan, or black and white. According to Webster’s dictionary, hate means: “intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger…” Love means "strong affection for another arising out of kinship or personal ties." The key word here, is “strong.” If there was really a thin line between love and hate, it would be like saying that God and Satan are so alike that you can follow God one second and Satan the next and be the same. Does that make any sense? Opposites are opposite of each other and are not even close to each other.

In conclusion, Love and hate are exact opposites of each other, so I firmly believe that there is a whole canyon between love and hate. There is not a thin line between real love and hate. There is a giant canyon that is hard to cross. Real love does not come close to hate, as long as it is real love, not lust or a like of something. You can either really, truly love, or really truly hate, but neither can become close to one another. Love and hate are true opposites and you can’t be right on the verge of them both.