Love and what is needed for it exist as seen in two works Essay

Love and what is needed for it exist as seen in two works Love is a deep emotional feeling toward a person. Love comes in many forms, each being expressed in slightly different ways. There is the mothers love which she has for her child; a love of self, which aids in self preservation and self worth; there is love shared abroad to friends and family members; and love between a couple. Everyday we pass by people expressing affection and love, and partake in loving experiences with the people we encounter as well. People tend to think of love as just words, a term to signify devotion, many times this type of love disappears. The existence of true love stems further than just four letters, and a lack there of can be viewed using two literary pieces. Love in my opinion can be defined as such: love is like a lamp post, it shines in the midst of darkness, it lights your paths, and helps you to find your way every time. Love is kind, a comforter. It is not selfish or self contained, love is not limited, love suffers long and bears all things; love never fails. A true evidence of love is action. Love motivates action; it causes you to be faithful, not loosing heart or changing your love. Love is not envious or resentful, but gentle and not easily provoked to anger. Love will cause you to act patiently. Without love none of those things would exist, life loses all meaning with a lack or loss of love, unfeeling and empty would be the state of each human being if love did not exist. Wendy Wasserstein’s,† The Man in a case†, is a short scene about two engaged people, with strikingly distinct personalities. The setting of this scene is a small garden in the village of Mironiski, during 1898. The characters in this work are Byelinkov and Varinka.   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  The relationship in which Byelinkov and Varinka share is rather peculiar and their motivations for engagement don’t seem to involve any aspect of love. Varinka is overly enthralled with marrying Byelinkov because she perceives him as a most adored school master; and Byelinkov is concerned with the irony of his infatuation with Varinka. He even says â€Å"†¦their instructor, who teaches them the discipline and contained beauty of the classics, is in love with a sprite† (Wasserstein pg 21). They are content with the nonexistence of love in their relationship, Varinka says â€Å"until I met you I thought I wou... ...as taken care of by him, she longed for a different life, one more firmly rooted in the earth and not of an astronomers wife, whom only hears about the clouds. For true love to exist between people, love needs to become a motivation, which moves you to action each and everyday. Love embodies kindness, selflessness, long suffering, patience, gentleness and faithfulness. If love is absent or not reciprocated between individuals, their connection is diminished and will soon fade. Love is the core of any long lasting relationship. The dependence on love for relationships to thrive, marriage in particular is depicted in the previous works. Works Cited   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Boyle, Kay â€Å"Astronomer‘s Wife†. Responding to Literature stories, poems, and essays. Ed. Stanford, A Judith. McGraw Hill: 2003. 619-23   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Lewis, C.S. â€Å"We Have No Right to Happiness†. Responding to Literature stories, poems, and essays. Ed. Stanford, A Judith. McGraw Hill: 2003. 724-28   Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ã‚  Wasserstein, Wendy. â€Å"The Man in a Case†. Responding to Literature stories, poems, and essays. Ed. Stanford, A Judith. McGraw Hill: 2003. 17-22