Love Essay (Essay Sample)

Love
Name of student
Institutional affiliation
Abstract
Love is one of the many wonders that have escaped any valid explanations by mankind on its origin and the process if follows. Just like dreams, love has remained to be a mystery that calls to be solved, a sweet, fulfilling mystery I can say. In comes as no surprise noting that today’s artists, authors and film producers would have done partial work if they never inserted the aspects of love in their work. However small a piece it may be, and whether it has a good or a bad ending, love in artistic work is almost inevitable. It is one of the few items that will always build zeal and enthusiasm among the audience. Love, being a feeling, is passionate and tender, with the most common being romantic love; the love between a man and a woman (normally). It is this love that builds a family and maintains it. It keeps couples together for as long as they are alive, after being marked and celebrated in the rite of passage that is marriage. Romantic love can be traced back to the origin of the world, that is, at the period when God created the universe. Adam was delighted to have Eve as his companion, and he described her as being beautiful at first sight. As such, we can conclude that love is something that has existed over the ages, and it continues to enlighten people’s lives at present. Although sometimes misused and people end up hurt or even dead, love is generally a good thing and a real blessing from God. I cannot imagine how the world without love and the glamour that comes with it.
William Shakespeare, arguably one of the greatest writers of all time, acutely explores the concept of love throughout his works. Many of his plays have love as the central idea that is revolved around, and the endings are both happy and tragic. In most stories, Shakespeare brings out the slow evolution of love from hopeless beginnings to a point where couples are tight bound by love and care for each other. It seems like love that exists between two people is a destiny that is inevitable, and there is barely any joy in life if one tried to evade this destiny. Shakespeare creates situations where love is so intense that characters choose death over letting their lovers go, and some die for each other. I believe that one thing that human beings appreciate and try to protect a lot is their life. An individual would normally run away from any situation that is life threatening or that in uncertain. On this basis, if an individual would give up his life for the benefit of his or her partner or obviously risk the same, then love has to be such an intense feeling; a feeling which will never let go until death. “Much to do about nothing” is a masterpiece by Shakespeare that widely touches on the issue of love and treachery.
The play, with the main characters being Benedick and Beatrice, brings out the diverse contents of love, and gives further insight into the idea of a love partner being one’s destiny. Benedick is one person who believes that he will never ever marry. He does not believe in love, needless to say that he does not know or care what love really is. He even desperately discourages Claudio from carrying on with his intentions to marry Hero, Leonato’s daughter for whom he had fallen. We learn that Claudio and Hero had been lovers before, and, on seeing her, Claudio’s feelings for her are rekindled immediately, the characteristic of love. Benedick has obviously no historic record with Beatrice other than arguing and exchanging bitter words. This aspect actually does continue even at the dance. Beatrice notices that the man she is dancing with is actually Benedick, but she pretends not to know and she pours insults on him, calling him a fool. Benedick makes a mental note that he would revenge later on, as he feels hurt and uncomfortable. However, there is no point in time that we notice the intended revenge actually being put into action. This, too, is the indication of strong love on the side of Benedick, since he was too much reluctant to do anything that would hurt her, while at the same time not understanding that it was love that was growing up within him. Beatrice also appears to be doing things in the presence of Benedick in a bid to keep her pride and bragging rights. In fact, the two are too proud to even face one another in a friendly way. During the dance, Beatrice’s utterances were just for the intended purpose of making him realize she is still the same and not shaken, and they were not really from her heart. She also did not realize she was falling in love with him.
The conclusion here is that falling in love is sometimes a process. At first instance, it may not really work for the best of both parties. A very importance resource by the name of time is very important for the development of any viable relationship. In our case, Beatrice and Benedick have known each other for a very long time. It is indeed a fact that most of their interactions were not for the good reasons, but they still interacted, and in so doing got to know a lot about each other. The pride eating them from inside definitely helped in hiding some characters from each other, but all the same, they exchanged words and commented negatively on each other for long years, which was actually a platform for love growing and gradual development.
There is just one dramatic and prearranged event that turns their lives of Benedick and Beatrice around. Benedicks friends cunningly arrange for him to overhear them talking about how much love Beat...