How love towards something shows up in many writing pieces.

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Tara Wood

English Test Essay

February 26, 2004

Question A

        Love is defined as “A deep, caring, indescribable feeling of affection and compassion toward a person, such as that arising from personal ties, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness” or “The object of such an enthusiasm.”  Those two definitions are just two of many other meanings of the word love.  Love is a very strong subject and it can be explained in many different ways because there are many different definitions of it and so many ways to interpret it.  In many works of literature love is one of the main themes because its not always love towards another person it can be towards an object or an activity.  Three examples stories where love is a theme are “The Book of Ruth”, “Your Love, Dear Man, Is as Lovely to Me” and “The Epic of Gilgamesh: Prologue” and they all show different types of love.

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        In “The Book of Ruth” there are two types of love shown the love that Ruth shows to her mother-in-law Naomi and the love that Boaz has for Ruth.  In the very beginning of the story Naomi is telling her two daughter-in-laws to “Go, return to her mother’s house.”  They all say their good-byes but Ruth, feeling as family to Naomi, wanted to stay with her on her trip back to Bethlehem.  Ruth had begged Naomi “Intreat me not to leave thee” and she went on saying to Naomi wherever she goes Ruth will follow and where Naomi dies she ...

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