HONR 1015 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Euripides
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Very materialistic, physical - talks about gold, silver, jewels. Very sensual - how things look, feel, look. Compare their love to lilies and nature, and god created nature, their love can be brought to a spiritual level, where their love is a physical representation of their love for god. Also compares love to man-made beautiful things o. Shows that love is all encompassing and that nature, love, and humankind are all connected. Love is a natural instinct, cannot be destroyed by flood or water, is compared to a flame (last page) Animalistic - instinctual, but also human construct o o. Love is in nature and it has an instinctual quality, but people add something to that nature - art, humans make it more dynamic, more interesting. Praises commitment - the two lovers are committed to one another. Praises love, but love is restricted, it must be done in a certain time and place.
