Love is pure, divine and affection. Henrik Ibsen through his book “A Doll’s House”, shows that love is the basis of life. Through her book The Awakening, Kate Chopin shows that love is not something you find, but love is something that finds you. In the movie The Stepford Wives 1975, Bryan Forbes introduces love as possession. Whereas, in the movie The Stepford Wives 2004, Frank OZ defines love in a distinct way. He shows that true love is when the other person's happiness is more important than your own. In these four texts, A Doll’s House, The Awakening, The Stepford Wives (1975 and 2004), the authors and the directors present the idea that love is the pathway to true happiness. Accordingly “ NORA: Tell me, is it really …show more content…
“Joanna:- Walter, would you move? Walter:- No, no. What? What did I say? Joanna:- I meant move, leave Stepford. Walter:- We just got to Stepford. Hey, are you that unhappy? Joanna:- Is it everything you expected? Walter:- Well...No. No, …show more content…
Joanna:- You know, I'm the one that wanted to come here in the first place. You think the men are dull. Walter:- Well, I think the women are too. Joanna :-You're right. I agree with you. That's why I want to move. Walter:- Yeah, but the area is nice, though, you know. It's perfect for the kids. Maybe Norwood or Eastbridge. OK, let's move. Joanna:- You mean it? Walter:- That's all there is to it? I just had to ask? Shouldn't we fight or something? Well, I don't want to move tonight, Joanna.” Here viewers can see that Walter is a caring husband. But by the end of the movie viewers can find that Walter is not dissimilar from other husbands. The peak of the movie proves that Walter never loves Joanna. Altogether, through this movie viewers can find that men in Stepford needs wives who are “ just perfect.” On other hand, the movie The Stepford Wives 2004, guide us to another pole. Forbes demonstrates that true love is shown when the other person’s happiness is more important than yours. Walter:- “She's not a robot. Mike:- What? What? All:- What, she isn’t a robert? Walter:- She never was. Mike:- Wait a second. Walter- I couldn’t do it. Mike:- What? Why not?
When we think about the force that holds the world together and what makes humans different from animals, one answer comes to our minds - that humans can love. Love is a state of mind that cannot be defined easily but can be experienced by everyone. Love is very complicated. In fact it is so complicated that a person in love may be misunderstood to be acting in an extremely foolish manner by other people. The complexity of love is displayed in Rostand’s masterpiece drama Cyrano de Bergerac. This is accomplished by two characters that love the same woman and in the course neither one achieves love in utter perfection.
In Chopin's The Awakening and Ibsen's A Doll House, the main characters each experience an awakening. Although they lead different lives, Nora Helmer and Edna Pontellier's respective awakenings are caused by similar factors. From the beginning, neither character fits the standard stereotype of women in the society in which they lived. Another factor that influences Nora and Edna's awakenings is their marital relationship. Neither Nora nor Edna are treated as an equal by their husband. When each woman realizes that she is unhappy, she understands that she must leave her position and role in life in order to fully find herself.
Love – a simple four letter word shrouded in mystery and many different meanings. Philosophers, poets, and writers have all tried to discern the significance or concept of love for many centuries. Plato, for example, was one such philosopher who in his work the Symposium (which means “Drinking Party”) wrote about “Eros” – the term for sexual love in Greek. The Symposium was written approximately around 384 and 379 B.C.E., and follows five elite Athenian men as they pronounce their admiration of Eros while lounging on couches listening to flute girls play in the distance. Each of the men has different backgrounds ranging from tragic poet, comedian, doctor, playboy, and even Socrates himself (Norton). All these characters bring diverse views on the subject of love, and each speaker seems to build on the last enhancing the story. Times have changed so much since Plato wrote The Symposium is it possible to compare Plato’s ornate description of love to love in the modern world? Love today is much like love in Plato’s time, and I believe people today are still searching for their “other half” – the missing piece, for it is a complete love which makes us better people.
The men of Stepford changed their wives to fit “ideal standards”. This was achieved by producing them to work like robots. In this process, they changed their personality and appearance. Because the men felt the need to perform this action shows that they did not fully appreciate any of the women. As a result, all of the women viewed themselves as stay-at-home mothers. They were brainwashed into believing that their life was surrounded around their family and housework. Such as, when Joanna and Bobbie tried to start a women’s association, the wives that they asked did not seem interested in the slightest. They came up with many reasons to why they could not join the association. These wives should be allowed freedom of their own mind. The men brainwashing them to have restricted thinking demonstrates that they think of themselves as superior. Furthermore, the women of Stepford were constantly trying to please their husbands. For example, Charmaine gave up her beloved tennis court for her husband to get a heated swimming pool. Since her transition, Charmaine gave up all of her hobbies. This issue is not just for Charmaine in this Stepford society. All of the women always put on makeup and dressed nice for the husbands, but never participated in activities to please themselves. This is very selfish of the men to indoctrinate these women into this state. To sum it up, the men view the
Love is a concept that has puzzled humanity for centuries. This attachment of one human being to another, not seen as intensely in other organisms, is something people just cannot wrap their heads around easily. So, in an effort to understand, people write their thoughts down. Stories of love, theories of love, memories of love; they all help us come closer to better knowing this emotional bond. One writer in particular, Sei Shōnagon, explains two types of lovers in her essay "A Lover’s Departure": the good and the bad.
As any romantic will assert, love is by far the most powerful force known to human hearts and minds. This sentiment is espoused throughout history, almost to the point of cliché. Everyone has heard the optimistic statement, “love conquers all,” and The Beatles are certain, however idyllic it may be, that “all you need is love.” Humanity is convinced that love is unique within human emotion, unequalled in its power to both lift the spirit up in throws of ecstasy, and cast it down in utter despair.
In The New Humanities Reader edited by Richard E. Miller and Kurt Spellmeyer. We read about Barbara Fredrickson the author of the book “Love 2.0” copy right (2013). Barbara Fredrickson is a psychologist who show in her research how our supreme emotion affects everything we Feel, Think, Do and become. Barbara also uses her research from her lab to describe her ideas about love. She defines love not as a romance or stable emotion between friends, partners and families, but as a micro-moment between all people even stranger (108). She went farther in her interpretation of love and how the existence of love can improve a person’s mental and physical health (107). Through reading
The effects of love and sacrifice on one’s life can be shown through the character of Lucie Manette in the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. The way Lucie applies warmth to her friends and family and sacrifices for them has a greater impact than anything else could possibly do. In fact, loving gestures have the power to do anything. They can brighten moods and ameliorate one’s day. Overall, Love is a powerful feeling. It can be defined in many ways, but is always an important emotion to have. Without it, humans are empty. It is a necessary part of living; with it, anything is possible.
The Symposium, The Aeneid, and Confessions help demonstrate how the nature of love can be found in several places, whether it is in the mind, the body or the soul. These texts also provide with eye-opening views of love as they adjust our understanding of what love really is. By giving us reformed spectrum of love, one is able to engage in introspective thinking and determine if the things we love are truly worthy of our sentiment.
Haddaway addressed one, if not the most, contemplated questions: what is love? The ultimate dream for people in our world today is to fall in love and live happily ever after. From culture to cinema to literature, love is what people strive to have. Although love is a common theme in literature, the ideas and conceptualizations are different, which can be seen by comparing “The Bluest Eye” and “Song of Myself”.
Love has been the cause of some of the greatest feats, discoveries, and battles in the history of man. It has driven men to insanity and despair, while it has lead others to happiness and bliss. This idea that love has a strong influence on man’s decisions can be seen in the poem, “Love is not all” by Edna St. Vincent Millay. The most prominent theme presented in “Love is not all” is that although love is not a necessity of life, it somehow manages to provoke such great desire and happiness that it becomes important.
Throughout these techniques, it is portrayed that to have abiding love, all the simple things need to fill one’s heart. “On Love” by Sarah Brouillette, demonstrates that in this world, the word love tends to be so “trite”. It is like the only way to have love, is finding
Sorrow and angst swirled inside; Elsie and Lil captivated me by their strength. Society can have a profound impact on a child’s view and perceptions of the world, dictating the cultural norms on how we treat those in different social classes. In The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield, we see the theme of class distinction and the influences a parent has on how children view the world. Furthermore, society’s norms impact upon Kezia, Elsie and Lil.
Love has been expressed since the beginning of time; since Adam and Eve. Each culture expresses its love in its own special way. Though out history, though, it’s aspect has always been the same. Love has been a major characteristic of literature also. One of the most famous works in literary history is, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. This story deals with the love of a man and a woman who’s families have been sworn enemies. There love surpassed the hatred in which the families endured for generations. In the end they both ended up killing their selves, for one could not live without the other. This story is a perfect example of true love.
“Love is the state in which man sees things most decidedly as they are not. The power of illusion is at its peak here, as is the power to sweeten and transfigure. In love man endures more, man bears everything. A religion had to be invented in which one could love: what is worst in life is thus overcome – it is not even seen any more.”