All Fair In Love n War

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Since the beginning of time, there have been two things that have been a part of civilization, love and war. Sure the way each is conducted has changed dramatically through the years but each still hold an enormous part of our hearts and minds in their wake. If one looks back in history and even to today, love and war are two aspects of life that go together. The Battle of Troy was fought over the love of a woman. In World War II, America went to war because of the love for country and for those lost at Pearl Harbor. All is, in fact, fair in love and war. Several reasons support this theory, including the way war is waged, how love is won, and how each is intertwined together. Love is a gentle and caring part of our lives, but it can be a very disheartening part of our existence as well. There were many rules for love, the way is was to be conducted, and how a lover’s heart was to be won. Some of these rules are defined in The Art of Courtly Love< i>. This book defines how class in society can be a determinant in how one wins the heart of another. For example, it lays out how one from a certain class level should approach and go about winning the heart of someone of a lower or higher class in society. For example, it is easier for a man of noble stature to win the heart of a woman of the middle class because of his stature and respectability. While it is quite a feat for a man of the middle class to approach and obtain the love of a woman of higher stature, because of the fact that the woman is of higher rank in the society in the world and it would be more of a disgrace for her to drop down into the lower ranks of society to find a lover. Yes, true, there were rules for how to obtain that love, but, in fact, they were more guidelines to follow by, instead of strictly enforced rules. By any means a man could win the love of a woman, but the most common way was

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