the deterioration of an Edenic garden to represent the corrupting effect of organised religion upon our internal state of being. Blake’s ’The Garden of Love’ functions as a criticism upon organised religion‚ poignantly reflecting on its capacity to replace humanity’s innocent joys with rules and empty routines. Stanza 1 The name ’Garden of Love’ almost appears hackneyed through its traditional‚ Edenic connotations. It is a representation of innocence‚ with green‚ open spaces often being associated
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Concept of Love Love is a complex emotion of attachment and sometimes obsession. It cannot be classified so easily‚ though; it cannot be stuffed into a social concept and left there. Some people search for what seems their whole lifetime for love‚ whereas others may seem to fall in and out of love on a regular basis. Of course‚ people can love many things‚ but the love between two people is unique and special. It is a feeling of trust and wholeness. Love is rarely defined because everyone experiences
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Triangular Love Theory and The Effects on Our Brain Merry Alijoski College of New Rochelle Author Note This paper was prepared for Psychology 101‚ taught by Professor Hertler. Abstract This paper presents the classification of love in Robert Sternberg’s triangular love theory and how the brain falls in love within the three components of love. The research findings hold significance
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speech. Today I will focus on true love. As everybody knows love is of great importance in our life‚ but what love is ? One verse describes the characteristics of true love. "Love is patient‚ love is kind. It does not envy‚ it does not boast‚ it is not proud. It is not rude‚ it is not self-seeking‚ it is not easily angered‚ it keeps no record of wrongs. It always protects‚ always trusts‚ always hopes‚ always perseveres. Love never fails." However‚ dose love really likes this? Nobody has ever
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connection between sex and love? In particular‚ is there an obligation to restrict sex to relationships involving love? Or‚ is the insistence that sex be accompanied by love based on a degrading view of sexuality - that sex is bad an in need of redemption by love? Is romantic (sexual‚ erotic) love a kind of illusion and trap that it is best avoided? These are just some examples of the different points we will be discussing. There are those that believe sex ought to be separated from love. Some have the belief
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What problems does Solomon identify in attempts to ‘separate different “kinds” of love’? (Solomon‚ ‘In the Beginning‚ the Word’‚ p.7) In attempting to distinguish between different ‘kinds’ of love‚ Solomon explains that there are such a variety of feelings and emotions all lumped into the word ‘love’ that any kind of differentiation becomes difficult at best. Even between lovers within his ‘relationship love’ category there is such uniqueness that Solomon admits hesitation in using the same
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The three primary love styles in Hendrick and Hendrick (1986) are Eros (romantic‚ passionate love)‚ Ludus (game-playing love)‚ Storge (friendship love)‚ and three main secondary styles: Mania (possessive‚ dependent love)‚ Pragma (logical‚ “shopping list” love)‚ and Agape (all-giving‚ selfless love). Altogether‚ these love styles are all equally valid ways of loving. In order to determine your love style‚ you can complete a brief quiz. Hendrick and Hendrick (1986) developed a self-report questionnaire
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The Love Debate Everyone has a different view on what love means and the level of importance it shoulb be held at. Some may say love makes us who we are today. Others might think there are more important feelings and emotions. One group could think that love does not have to be present to thrive in life. Another might think people could not even function without love. Two articles from Psycology Today have different views on what role love plays in peoples’ life today. One of them suggests love
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Sikkenga Humanities 24 September 2012 Love For I don’t care too much for money‚ for money can’t buy me love (The Beatles). This just goes to show that money cannot buy you love. I would definitely pick love over money because money can’t buy me love‚ love will keep you happy‚ and money will not always be there. I would pick love over money because money can’t buy me love. “Love is that feeling you get when you meet the right person."(Gila Manolson). Love is a feeling and the last time I checked
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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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