Gilgamesh was an almighty king but longed for a friend and he dreams about that one day he will encounter a trusted companion (10-11). With these feelings between the two men, it draws them together. When they compete in a battle, there is a sense of friendship forming. Especially once they acknowledge one another’s strength and respect for one another; “As one unique your mother bore you, the wild cow of the fold, the goddess Ninsum! High over warriors you are exalted, to be king of the people Enlil made it your destiny!” (16).They seal their new friendship with embracing one another and a kiss.
In the play you can see familial, friendly, unrequited, true, and sexual love. All the different types of love and the relationships that came with it are the cause of the tragic ending of Othello the Moor and the gentle Desdemona. The first type of love that you see in the play is family love. The relationship between Brabantio and Desdemona in the play is very strained seeing as how she ran off to get married without his consent, which back in the day was a big no-no. You can still see the love that they have for each other when Desdemona says “To you I am bound for life and education; / My life and education both do learn me/ How to respect you.
Jay Gatsby went out with this girl named Daisy but after not seeing her for years Jay Gatsby goes crazy trying to make his life perfect for her. Finally, when Jay Gatsby meets Daisy again she is married and has a kid. When Tom Wingfield is young his dad leaves his family putting Tom into the position of being the man of the house. Tom constantly seeks adventure but his sister and mother need him. Tom eventually leaves his house and travels the world getting the adventure he wants but he has to live with the regret of letting his family down for the rest of his life.
Mr. Rochester, being the first man who Jane has fallen in love with makes him a big hero in my mind. Aside from Mr. Rochester falling in love with Jane Eyre he wanted to make her his mistress. To many people including Jane this is a very selfish thing to do. But, his love for Jane was unconditional and he didn’t want to lose her. He was willing to do whatever he can to marry her putting all of his political reasons aside from him.
Throughout the play she has fulfilled her role as a loyal wife and has supported Willy. Linda is closely accompanied by Biff, who has had the biggest revelation from Willy’s death. He has understood that Willy never succeeds because he never goes for what his heart and mind have in store for him. Instead, Willy sees how Dave Singleman is successful and well-liked and decides to live another man's dream. In this way it could also be said that Willy's mistake in choosing his dream is what really becomes Biff's ultimate salvation, and Willy's best legacy for him.
Elizabeth Bishop states, “I stared and stared and victory filled up the little rented boat” (64-66). The fisherman is filled with victory from doing what other fishermen were unable to do: catch this fish. Even though the author has caught the fish, he admires the fish for what it has overcome and appreciates the magnificence of nature and releases the fish. By reading the poem carelessly, one could think that the fish won the fight, but the fish was not able to escape capture and the fishermen did what others couldn’t: catch the fish. The only
Tess was marrying out of pure love and affection for this intelligent, freethinking man. Angel posses true love for Tess, a beautiful woman with no major past a simple, pure milkmaid. On the night of their wedding Tess confesses that she isn’t a virgin, even though, he too had engaged premarital sex at this point Angel acts out of stubbornness to prove Tess is no longer the pure women he married stating “you’re not the woman I married”. Angel then forgets of all his love for Tess and deserts Tess, leaving the marriage in limbo, but not only their marriage but Tess and her family too. There is also the marriage issue between Tess and Alec.
He sacrifices his life to save the husband of the woman he adores. By sacrificing his life, he has fulfilled his promise to Lucie Manette that he will sacrifice his life for her or the person dearer to her. He was willing to die for Lucie because of his desperate love for her. However, there is more than just simple love. Towards the end of the novel, Sydney realized that he wanted to do something noble in his life.
Since his main source of love, which are his parents, have been tragically taken away from him, one of his main goals in Great Expectations is to find love. Love awaits him in the arms of Joe, his sister’s husband who he is very fond of when he was a child and has always been there consoling him after Mrs. Joe’s hard punishments. Joe brings to life a very strong love for him that starts to fade as Pip grows. Joe is the classic example of a person in the family, which keeps things under control with his strong affection and wellbeing. The most predominant love that we find for Pip is probably Joe’s who is currently present through out the first part of the novel, guiding him and showing him a true sense of identity and a different kind of ‘gentleman’, which he does not realize that exists.
The majority of this story explains Della’s love for her husband, Jim. It is particularly apparent from the first paragraph the amount love and respect Della has for him. This is highlighted when Della sells her fantastic, long, treasured hair to buy Jim a gift for Christmas as she had only managed to ‘‘scrape’’ (p.2) $1.87 from her hard earnings. Not only had she worked tirelessly to earn enough money to keep them eating and living under a roof, she wanted to do more to surprise the man she cared for. At this point, I was sure it was Della that worshipped her husband and he was not so devoted to his wife.