Love in the Arts

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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the use of love as an ideal in the arts. It examines song lyrics by Tupac Shakur, the film "Pretty Woman" and the poem "The Bride of the Greek Isle," by Felicia Hemans. Specifically, the paper shows that the way that love is portrayed in the arts does not always live up to the romantic ideal.

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"The last lines of the poem help spell out the meaning, and give some feeling to the tragic story. Hemans seems to be saying that love and youth go together, and this is why the two newlyweds must die young. "Now the night gathers o'er youth and love!" is how she ends this poem, and it is a poignant moment, as we know Eudora has not only avenged her lover's death, she has also caused her own.
Love in this poem begins romantically, and then turns tragic, as real love does every day. The tragedy of love can be allowing yourself to love so much, to feel so much. Love can consume a person if they let it, and love can be just as dark as it is romantic. Consider the "love" that keeps a woman with a man who abuses her. This is the dark side of love, when it can turn ugly and even deadly, as it did in Hemans' poem."

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