The True Nature Of Love - 1338 Words

What is Love? â€Å"Love, whether newly born or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling the heart so full of radiance, that it overflows upon the outward world.† According to Hawthorne, the true nature of love should not flow from a place of contrived affection. Although Hawthorne’s notion of romantic love is rather idealistic, it starkly contrasts the way â€Å"love† functioned in Puritan society. Many young women at that time were quick to jump into marriages devoid of feeling and warmth out of fear that they would turn into old maids, unable to serve the purpose that God created them for; procreation. â€Å"It is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom. Each, in its utmost development, supposes a high degree of intimacy and heart-knowledge; each renders one individual dependent for the food of his affections and spiritual fife upon another: each leaves the passionate lover, or the no less passionate hater, forlorn and desolate by the withdrawal of his subject. Philosophically considered, therefore, the two passions seem essentially the same, except that one happens to be seen in a celestial radiance, and the other in a dusky and lurid glow.† Seemingly different, the correlation between love and hate is ironically similar. Both love and hate require a copious amount of emotion and effort that either leave the respondent of its tumultuous ways either highly elated orShow MoreRelatedThe True Nature of Obsession (Othello, Endless Love and Damoyre)1637 Words   |  7 PagesThe true nature of obsession manipulates a p erson’s character, forcing them to act in unusual ways, as if possessed by an involuntary need. 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