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Daniel Dade

Mr. La Plante

Honors English 11 BB

Fifth Hour

30 March 2015

All ou !eed is Lo"e# $nit % Po&er Essa'

Po&er is lo"e( although it is not )al)a*le+ it has the a*ilit' to control one,s actions and

e-otions+ thus -a ing lo"e "er' )o&erful. /he )o&er of lo"e is not onl' nurturing+ *ut can also

grant ha))iness+ lo'alt'+ and res)ect.

Lo"e is not a -allea*le idea+ and this is )ro"en in ha es)eare,s onnet 11 . 4 D6 7n

this onnet+ ha es)eare states that lo"e is static+ it is incessant and strong and &ill not alter for

changes to co-e and it lasts throughout ti-e 8 ha es)eare 19:;. 4 <6 /his sho&s that lo"e is

)o&erful *ecause it is not )lia*le &ith an' circu-stance and it e=ists eternall'. 4 <6 7n this

sonnet+ ha es)eare also sho&s that lo"e is a star to e"er' &and,ring *ar + > ?hose &orth,s

un no&n+ although his height *e ta en 8 ha es)eare @9 ;. ho&ing that lo"e is a guide &hen

'ou are lost+ and although &e can -easure it to so-e degree+ &e &ill ne"er trul' understand it.

4 D9 <6 ha es)eare also )ro"es that lo"e does not ha"e to -eet societ',s standards. 7n

onnet 130+ ha es)eare e=)ands on his ideas of lo"e *' &riting#

M' -istress, e'es are nothing li e the sun(

oral is far -ore red than her li)s, red(

7f sno& *e &hite+ &h' then her *reasts are dun(

7f hairs *e &ires+ *lac &ires gro& on her head. 4 6

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And 'et+ *' hea"en+ 7 thin -' lo"e as rare

As an' she *elied &ith false co-)are. 8 ha es)eare 191:;

7n this onnet+ ha es)eare is -ore terse &ith his choice of &ords. 4 6 ha es)eare is sho&ing

that e"en though his -istress is not *eautiful to societ',s standards+ he still lo"es her and finds

her *eautiful. /his continues onto the idea that lo"e is static *ecause in this situation

ha es)eare is against the societ',s "ie&s+ this sho&s that he is still lo'al to her *ecause he lo"es

her. ha es)eare also &rote+ in his onnet 2C+ that *ecause of his outcast state+ his )ra'ers to

hea"en &ill *e ignored. ha es)eare &as not satisfied &ith his state of *eing and e"en disli ed

&hat he en o'ed doing -ost+ *ut in the final cou)let of this onnet he &rote For th' s&eet lo"e

re-e-*,red such &ealth *rings+ > /hat then 7 scorn to change -' state &ith ings 8 ha es)eare

1391:;. Des)ite the fact that ha es)eare is an outcast and -alcontent &ith his state+ lo"e *rings

hi- ha))iness+ &hich o"erco-es his e-otions and -a es hi- feel ha))' and content a*out his

state of *eing. ha es)eare,s onnets sho& that the )o&er of lo"e can o"erco-e e-otions and

guide as a )o&erful su* ect.

7n the Iliad, after Patroclus is illed *' Hector+ a tenacious Achilles acts out and goes to

fight Hector. Because Achilles lo"ed Patroclus+ the )o&er o"erca-e his e-otions and Achilles

illed Hector to a"enge Patroclus,s death. After&ard+ Achilles drags Hector,s carrion around

Patroclus,s gra"e. /his action causes Pria-+ Hector,s father+ "isit Achilles to tr' to get Hector,s

*od' *ac . Pria- tells Achilles to re-e-*er his o&n father and relate hi- to Pria-+ ho&

Achilles,s father &ould do the sa-e as Pria- if he &ere in the )osition. Achilles thin ing of his

father stirred a ne& longing. !ot onl' aching for Patroclus+ *ut also for Hector. Both Achilles

and Pria- then cried together+ soon reali ing that tears -ade the- feel *etter *ut &ouldn,t *ring

*ac &hat the',"e alread' lost. Achilles then returns the *od' of Hector *ac to the /ro an,s and

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creates a truce &ith Pria- to let the- -ourn and ha"e a )ro)er *urial 8Ho-er 31 9: ;.

Achilles had *een o"erco-e &ith the )o&er of lo"e+ *ut in a -isguided sense he had illed

hector+ later reali ing that the earlier idea of strength *eing )o&er &as nullified *' the idea that

the lo"e of fa-il' and in that is -ore )o&erful than )h'sical )o&er. ?hen Achilles and Pria-

created the truce+ it sho&ed that Achilles res)ected the idea of a )ro)er *urial+ and that Pria-

forga"e Achilles for illing his son. /hese t&o for-s lo"e ulti-atel' sho& that res)ect and

forgi"eness are "er' )o&erful as)ects of lo"e.

Lo'alt' is )ro"en to *e a "ia*le )art of lo"e as it relates to )o&er. /he stor' of Beowulf

continues on this idea *' sho&ing e=a-)les in characters li e ?iglaf. As Beo&ulf goes into his

last *attle+ -an' of his -en go &ith hi-. But &hen Beo&ulf &as &ea ened *' the dragon the

onl' -an that sta'ed *' his side &as ?iglaf+ a -an &ho res)ected Beo&ulf and ne& the true

)o&er of inshi). ?iglaf+ standing *eside Beo&ulf states#

7 re-e-*er ho& &e sat in the -ead9hall+ drin ing

And *oasting of ho& *ra"e &e,d *e &hen Beo&ulf

!eeded us+ he &ho ga"e us these s&ords

And ar-or# all of us s&ore to re)a' hi-+

?hen the ti-e ca-e+ indness for indness

999?ith our li"es+ if he needed the-. He allo&ed us to oin hi-+

hose us fro- all his great ar-'+ thin ing

ur *oasting &ords had so-e &eight+ *elie"ing

ur )ro-ises+ trusting our s&ords. He too us

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in the Iliad &hen Achilles had the con"ersation &ith Pria-( Achilles &as a-*i"alent &hether to

gi"e *ac Hector,s *od'+ so he thought of his father+ and lo"e guided hi- to an ans&er. /his

decision also sho&s the res)ect that Achilles has for Pria- actuall' co-ing to hi- to *eg for his

son,s *od' *ac . 7n Beowulf, ?iglaf sta'ed &ith Beo&ulf e"en in his &ea state. Although

Beo&ulf -a' ha"e &ished he &as in a *etter condition+ since he had the aid of ?iglaf he &as

fine &ith *eing in ured and close to death. /his is the idea that ha es)eare &rote in his onnet

2C &ith the final cou)let. /he idea that )o&er is lo"e has -an' as)ects to it+ *ut can onl' *e

defined as )o&er in its ulti-ate for-.

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