What is Love?

I. INTRODUCTION But love is such a mystery, I cannot find it out; For when I think I'm best resolv'd, I then am most in doubt. -- Sir John Suckling What is Love? This, not so simple question asks for an answer. The symptoms of love are familiar enough. A great change in one's behavior and thought; the fact that it seems that the whole universe has rolled itself up into the person of the beloved, something so wonderful that no one on earth has ever felt about someone before. Love is something we are all in, at least one time or another in our life. There are many different meanings for the word love and many people interpret it differently. When you love someone you care not only about them as a person, but also about their well being. When they are hurt, you feel hurt and when they are in pain, you feel also in pain. To be in love means to care about that person so deeply that your life would not be complete without them. Love is a great motivator. It causes us behave in a certain way towards people. It causes us to risk our lives. Love is complex and powerful. It often makes us be confused. Love is a spiritual phenomenon, it lies within us, we cannot see it, just feel it. Love is ecstasy and torment, freedom, and slavery. Love, makes the world go round. II. LOVE A. Definition of Love But to all this ideas, what is the real meaning of this thing called love?

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  • Level: GCSE
  • Subject: English
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