Friday, February 11, 2011

Romance

This week we have been partially focusing on investigating romance. Over the course of this, we have asked ourselves several questions. One of the questions we asked was if a true love = a soul mate (the one and only). I argued that true love was based off a connection that is made that feels deep and unique based off of unnatural levels of understanding and common ground. It is statistically unlikely that one would find several people with these qualities, but it is also unlikely that one would only person with qualities near these. So the true love is determined between a small number of these people, one of which typically more so than the others, which would be defined as "the soul mate" making the others look still as "true loves" but not the one soul mate. So in essence I agreed with the statement. Another question that was asked was if love conquers all, which frankly if you look at completely objectively and rationally is obviously impossible in certain situations, for example, if your partner dies, it's not really an overcomable obstacle now is it? Silly questions aside, it's a fun and interesting topic that usually inspires some lively debate.

3 comments:

  1. I agree with you that love does not conquer all. One of the prompts mentioned that Disney movies always depict love as some unstoppable force of attraction that penetrates any barrier, but this is obviously only a pattern in Disney movies since a vast number of other films and stories use love as a catalyst for tragedy and pain.

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  2. Interesting perspective. I think it is sad to think that it is highly unlikely to find that "perfect someone". Although on the flip side to say there are several people who are close to perfect is nice. Also, good response to love conquering all. I mean, random automobile accident kills your partner, therefore, love does not conquer all.

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  3. I agree. I do not believe that love can conquer all. Sometimes I belive that love needs someting else to go with it in order to make sure it survives.

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