LOVE

When was Love created?

• In writing it was first recorded in the 8th century• It was writing into the bible around the same era.• Persian culture =eshgh • Chinese and other Sinic cultures = Ren or Ai • Japanese = ai • Ancient Greek = philia, eros, agape, storge, and

xenia

Has Love add to or subtracted from our

“Culture of Language”?

The Romance of Love

• "See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand!O that I were a glove upon that hand,That I might touch that cheek!"(Act II Scene 2)Romeo and Juliet

The Romance of Love

• When we two partedIn silence and tears,Half broken-hearted,To sever for years,Pale grew thy cheek and cold,Colder thy kiss;Truly that hour foretoldSorrow to this.

When we two are partedby Lord Byron

The Romance of Love

He is absolutely amazing. He makes me laugh.

He tells me funny jokes.He and I have so much in common.He talks to me like he can be trusted.He can cheer me up in a second.He offers to help me with anything.

The Romance of Love

• "A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous."--Ingrid Bergmen

• Your words are my food, your breath my wine. You are everything to me."--Sarah Bernhardt

The Romance of Love

• "What I do and what I dream include thee, as the wine must taste of its own grapes..."--Elizabeth Barret Browning

• "Two souls with but a single thought, two hearts that beat as one."--John Keats

The Romance of Love

• "She walks in Beauty, like the nightOf cloudness climes and starry skies,And all that's best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes..."--Lord Byron

• "The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."--Helen Keller

The Romance of Love

• "When you came, you were like red wine and honey, and the taste of you burnt my mouth with its sweetness."--Amy Lowell

• "Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will speak my heart."--Robert Sexton

The Romance of Love

• To hear your voice is pomegranate wine to me:     I draw life from hearing it.     Could I see you with every glance,     It would be better for me     Than to eat or to drink.

• Ancient Egyptian love song

Assignment

• You are to create a piece of writing that encompasses the emotion, notion, idea, and understanding of LOVE without using the love.

• This assignment must be no longer than one page typed.

• Be sure to use the principles of standard English.

• Good Luck