"Lord, What fools these mortals be..." That's what Robin Goodfellow
from the book "A Midsummer Night's Dream" remarked. It is inevitably
the truth. The aspect of love can mar the human mind. It's hard to explain and
hard to fit into mere words. Three main kinds of love seen most often in
literature are romanticism, family, and friendship love. An example would be
heartily clarified using the books "Romeo and Juliet" along with
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Shakespeare. Most often, the
romanticism is greatly appreciated by the audience. Tales of chivalry intrigue
the human mind, making it yearn for more. This kind of love is between a man and
a woman who most often wish to be bonded by marriage. Hermia and Lysander can be
compared to Romeo and Juliet. They were both fanatical for eachother, and madly
doted on one another with such fervor. Though there were some small contrasts,
Hermia and Lysander's love was tampered with by magic, while Romeo and Juliet's
was their complete facination with one another. That is romanticism. Family love
is a warm feeling of being protected by the one that you were birthed to, or has
taken care of you the majority of your life. In the case of these books, we'll
use Egeus and Hermia. It's possible that Egeus might have actually loved Hermia,
unlike Lord Capulet towards Juliet. Capulet didn't sincerely care about Juliet's
feelings; it was only pertinent for the political value to him that Juliet could
have brought with her marriage to Paris. It doesn't mention Hermia's mother, but
Juliet's mother is quite detached and uncaring. This most surely arises from the
fact that Juliet's mother was so young when she gave birth to Juliet. Friendship
love is completely different from family or romantic love. you can depend on
friends to help you through things that people who are too close, like family or
significant others who cannot help. To Helena she was Hermia's best friend, and
Romeo to Mercutio. Yet, Romeo and Mercutio stayed true to eachother, whiel
Helena betrayed Hermia. Of course, different insights lead to different views.
Love is something that will live through out ages, not only in literature but
also in people's hearts. Love is hard to simply be depleted. Now, there are far
more categories of love than these three. To take them all into consideration
would mean you'd have to become immortal. While all three of these contrast
greatly, there is some mutual feeling between them, which is basic love, no
matter how you look at it.