Love is a variety of different feelings‚ states‚ and attitudes that ranges from interpersonal affection ("I love my mother") to pleasure ("I loved that meal"). It can refer to an emotion of a strong attraction and personal attachment.[1] It can also be a virtue representing human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection—"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another".[2] It may also describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one’s self or animals.[3]
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Love: What It Really Means What is love? When someone tells you that they love you‚ how are you supposed to respond? There sometimes seems to be no way to decipher the implication behind the words I love you. When one loves someone or something‚ to what extent is their desire? It would be ideal if the English language could have more words for love. Love is so complicated in and of itself‚ that even if you were to have different words; it would still be challenging to clarify. Because the English
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Can Teenagers Really Fall in Love? LOVE. It’s a simple but overused word. Teenagers might use this word to define their relationship‚ but in reality it’s just lust‚ puppy love‚ and attraction. Do you really think love exists for teenagers? In my opinion‚ teenagers are still in the process of becoming adults and are still not ready to define love. Love requires maturity and knowledge. I believe teens can’t fall in love because they still need more life experiences and they need to know
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describe‚ how song of j. Alfred prufrock could be a modernist poem? As with many other works of the Modern period in English literature‚ T. S. Eliot utilizes fragmentation‚ allusion‚ and symbolism to show J. Alfred Prufrock’s inability to act towards the outside world. Prufrock appears‚ in the poem‚ to be a middle-aged balding man who has a very pressing question to ask someone (presumably a woman); however‚ he finds it hard to vocalize his feelings to other people. Instead‚ he spends his time dwelling
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Political Geography 20 (2001) 139–174 www.elsevier.com/locate/polgeo Culture sits in places: reflections on globalism and subaltern strategies of localization Arturo Escobar Department of Anthropology‚ University of North Carolina‚ Chapel Hill NC‚ USA Abstract The last few years have seen a resurgence of interest in the concept of place in anthropology‚ geography‚ and political ecology. “Place” — or‚ more accurately‚ the defense of constructions of place — has also become an important object of
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different attitudes towards love; I have selected four poems that consider this issue and show the poets true thoughts on love. Two of my texts‚ ‘Leaving Prince Charming Behind‚’ written by Karlo Mila and ‘Advice to a discarded Lover‚’ written by Fleur Adcock‚ both look at the theme of love and past relationships in a negative and quite a depressing manner. Whereas‚ the other two texts deal with both the poets sweet‚ happy and more realistic attitude towards the power of true love. ‘To the girl who stood
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Love is something that means very different things to different people. For some‚ love can be purely romantic‚ or even purely sexual. For others‚ real love is utterly unconditional and only truly exists between family members‚ or between people and a deity. And for some people‚ love is fluid‚ ever changing‚ and everywhere‚ and is felt for family‚ friends‚ partners‚ pets‚ and even inanimate objects‚ dead artists‚ and fictional characters. None of these people would be right or wrong‚ but one thing
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immediately invokes images in everyone’s mind. Two songs will be discussed in this paper‚ the songs relate directly to the issue. The first song is “A Child Called ‘it’” by Buckcherry‚ released in 2008 on the Black Butterfly album. The second song is “Im ok” by Christina Aguilera‚ released in 2002 on the Stripped album. Buckcherry’s song‚ is about a book that is based on a true story of a child that was abused by his mother. Similarly‚ Christina Aguilera’s song talks about her women who is being abused‚
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non-living object. That feeling is love. However‚ when one is forced to define love‚ he or she often turns to romance to find the meaning. It is described to be everything pink and pretty‚ full of hearts‚ roses‚ cuddly stuffed animals‚ chocolates‚ kisses‚ and hugs. Love is also expressed as the butterflies in the stomach‚ hair on the back of the neck rising to the occasion‚ hesitant lump in the throats‚ giddiness in the eyes‚ and fireworks in the hearts. However‚ love exists outside the realm of romance
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The love letter is probably almost as old as written civilization itself. Examples from Ancient Egypt range from the most formal - ’the royal widow...Ankhesenamun wrote a letter to the king of the Hittites‚ Egypt’s old enemy‚ begging him to send one of his sons to Egypt to marry her’ - to the down-to-earth: let me ’bathe in thy presence‚ that I may let thee see my beauty in my tunic of finest linen‚ when it is wet’.[2] Imperial China might demand a higher degree of literary skill: when a heroine
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