Love Stories

What is the one feeling that has started as many wars as it has terminate? What emotion has had more plays, songs, and stories written approximately it than anything else? discern is that one emotion that makes enemies into friends and friends into enemies. There are so many legends surround this emotion, from the goddess Athena and Helen of troy to Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. The purpose of this paper is to perceive the great feeling of lamb though the legends and myths.To trace some minute although very meaningful for get alongrs patterns of love. Unfortunately, many of love myths end tragically, with the exception of a few which have happy endings. For lesson, the stories of Pyramus and Thisbe, and Orpheus and Eurydice both have unfortunate endings. On the other hand, the fable of Eros and learning ability can have either a tragic or a happy ending, depending on the version that is told.Upon closer consideration of the legend about Pyramus and Thisbe we learn that thei r love was strictly forbidden, however, this two attractive police wagon were inseparable. They utilize to talk secretly to each other through a stipulate crack in a common wall that their houses shared. They would meet in different strange places just to be together for a while. For example they would meet set about a tomb on the outskirts of the city near a mulberry tree or in an open region just to converse freely. Analyzing this legend we whitethorn draw a duplicate with Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet, for the ending is a similar one.They both die from fourth dimension to time without considering and analysing a critical situation. The deep red fruit of the mulberry is the ever-living memorial of these true lovers and one urn holds the ashes of the two whom not even shoemakers last could part (Hamilton, Edith, 138). Within this story love takes shape of a ardent but blind and very raw feeling. Here love is a kind of a heavy disease that two young hearts are not able t o understand with their mind, thus it cut intoed to be a fatal one.Another legend I would like to localize my attention on is a story about Pygmalion and Galatea. This story is the roughly romantic and exciting at the same time. The theme of love is trail throughout the story. This love is very unusual and remarkable, for it was addressed not to humans being but to statue, that was much more than a person for its creator, it was the more perfect than any living woman. Love is illuminated through all word of the story.Pygmalion caressed it, and gave it presents such as young girls love this was an expression of his love. We may suppose that this love is somehow an obsession, for at long Pygmalions love made his pricy come to life. The maiden felt the kisses, blushed and, lifting her timid eye up to the light, saw the sky and her lover at the same time (Hamilton, Edith, 142).Looking for a tender and long-lasting love we may turn to the story about Baucis and Philemon whose love survived through the whole their life and at the end bestowed them happiness of being together till last breath. know that their lives were at their dawn they embraced each other and Baucis was turned into a lime tree tree and Philemon into an oak. Two different but beautiful trees intertwined with one another(prenominal) symbolised their true love. In wonder, people came from afar to admire and hang wreathes on the branches in their honour.Also, we may learn about the impatience a loving heart experience. The bright example thereof we see in the story of Orpheus and Eurydice. Orpheuss love was so strong that made him overcome obstacles and fork over Eurydice from underground. In spite of Gods prohibition, Orpheus impatience to see beloved woman before they step from underground separate them forever. As a result, we come to a conclusion that a heart that loves randomly is rational. Love is ever above any reasonable thoughts and logic.Subsequently, we may proceed boundlessly t he list of love patterns within different myths and legend. The theme of love was always a central one, thus it did not pass over the whole caboodle of old Greek talents of mankind, such as Ovid for example. His myths and legends will agitate generations aft(prenominal) us. Our successors also will cry for a tragic love or cheer at happy ending.Bibliography1. Hamilton, Edith. Mythology. New York Little, Brown and Company, 1998, 1942.