Love The Way You Lie by Robyn Rihanna

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When love hurts

The aim of this essay is to present you with a close analysis and interpretation of the song ‘Love the way you lie' which was released in August 2010 as a single from the album of Marshall Bruce Mathers featuring Robyn Rihanna from the music album (Recovery). The song is considered to be one of these songs that speak to a great majority of people. It is its thematic core which seems to attract the attention of both women and men regardless of their age or social status.

This song talks about a love and hate relationship between a man and a woman. Therefore, it talks about the paradox of life's nature. There are no simple and single meanings. Each concept and idea exist in the form of dualism, and this is the exact piece of knowledge that the song takes for granted.

All the verses of the song highlight this constant and non-stop fight between love and hate and give the portrait of the two people, representatives of both sexes who experience these feelings.

The essay will shed light to the meaning of the song's verses, to the way it approaches this issue of violence existing between people who are bonded with this love and hate relationship and .

will portray these people's personalities and thoughts. The essay aims at analyzing the paradox existing in the meaning of the song and its title and at taking people a step forward to thinking on what relationships can be like and how any kinds of imprisonments in life, either sentimental or not, ought to be dealt with.

From the very beginning, this song prepares its listeners for its paradox. The title ‘Love the way you lie' reveals its internal contradiction. The singer admits to experiencing something that is not normal at all. The singer admits to loving the ...

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... moment he tries to stop doing it, there it begins once more as the known pattern has shown.

This song keeps 4 minutes, and its verses are accompanied by equally powerful icons in its video. It is a strong piece of putting across a crucial message when it comes to social issues like the one of domestic violence. Both sides involved are weak, and such an issue cannot be solved on its own.

Works Cited

Mathers, Marshall, Alexander Grant, and Holly Brook Hafermann. “Love the Way You

Lie.” AZ lyrics. Polydor Records, 9 Aug. 2010. Web. 17 Feb. 2014.

Eminem, ‘Love the Way You Lie', Eminem, music video uploaded in Aug. 2010,Love the Way You Lie. © 2010 * Records #VEVO Certified on 13 Sep. 2011.Web. 17 Feb. 2014

Music video by Eminem performing Love the Way You Lie. © 2010 Aftermath

Records #VEVO Certified on 13 Sep. 2011.Web. 17 Feb. 2014

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