Love Supersedes Time and Period

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This paper analyzes four love stories and the differing types of love present in each. It looks at the love between Odysseus and his wife Penelope in Homer's "The Odyssey". Next it looks at Don Quixote and his love for Dulcinea in Miguel de Cervantes' "Don Quixote". Then it examines how King Dushyanta and Shakuntala fall in love and marry in "The Shakuntala" . Finally it discusses how in "The Nibelungenlied" the love story of Siegfried and Kriemhild unfolds. The paper looks at how all four stories contain elements related to love and how each of the loves has a flaw, different in their own way but still significant. In each of the stories the love between the hero and his heroine are different but the paper focuses on commonalities of love and different paths that lead to it.

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"The Shakuntala introduces us to a young innocent girl (Shakuntala) who falls in love with King Dushyanta and he likewise with her. After the two secretly marry and create a child the King return to his kingdom alone planning to send for his new bride shortly after his return. The flaw in their love is the curse placed on Shakuntatla because of her daydreaming, which leads her to inadvertently refuse hospitality to a passer-by. After, the King is sick with guilt realizing he refused his own pregnant wife and seeks she and his son out. The love is then reunited and made whole again. "

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