Through these speeches, Plato implies that homosexual love is the highest and most honorable love to pursuit, and through his focus on homosexual love, the author justifies the idea of Heavenly Love. Pausanias argues that the true goal of Heavenly Love is to inspire young boys to find pleasure in the more intelligent older male. The objective of this love is for the older male to “share everything with the one he loves…” (Plato 14). However, in this sense of sharing, Pausanias only means knowledge. If the younger boy surrender to the older male for his personal gain such as money or office post then this homosexual love is no longer belong to the ideal of Heavenly Love.
“The homosexual’s emotional longings, his development, his dreams are human phenomena.” In Sullivan’s essay, “What are Homosexuals for?” he expresses his views on homosexuality from his view, that of a homosexual male adult. In his best known work, Virtually Normal: an Argument about Homosexuality, he makes an argument against the discrimination faced by homosexuals to all those with a listening ear. The purpose of his argument in “What are Homosexuals for?” is to show his support for same-sex marriages, happiness, and equality in a society somewhat disapproving of such. His tone beginning the essay is warm and inviting as if to welcome you into his world and show you that he is a person, too –a homosexual person in the world of a homosexual. Sullivan tests the limits with his use of one of the three appeals.
Benjamin Franklin addresses vanity, although considered a flaw by society, as rather beneficial to his character and success. His distinction between the two words seems to fall into self-image or how he appears to the public. This is common in his autobiography, for often times Franklin is concerned with how the public views him and works hard to improve his status in society. After leaving his childhood home in Boston and moving to Pennsylvania, Franklin returned home dressed well and with a pocket full of money, as if to show up his brother by displaying his pride upon his return. Franklin uses this instance to feed into his vanity by displaying his success to the public eye.
Moreover by taking on the role of a male she would have more liberty in the patriarchal society. On the other hand, Orsino suffers from self deception. The self absorbed Orsino believes that he himself is in love with Olivia; however it immediately becomes apparent that Orsino is more in love with the notion of love. ‘If music be the food of love play on’. In the beginning of the chapter Orsino maintains a melancholy tune as he indulges
His rapid downfall is a result of his passionate love, so intense that it greatly hinders his rational thought. In the end, Othello acknowledges his romantic nature, as he described himself as “one that loved not wisely, but too well.” This statement is a true appraisal of himself: he is the quintessential romantic hero. In the beginning of the play, Othello was a man of noble and courageous nature. He was a wall-revered hero, highly ranked in the military of Venice. Othello’s downfall began with his love for Desdemona.
We see two of these characters in Delia from Zora Neale Hurston’s story “Sweat” and John’s wife in Charlotte Perkins Gillman’s story “The Yellow Wallpaper”. The male dominators in these stories are clearly driven by their necessity to control and feel superior, leaving their spouses feeling trapped and suppressed but yet still holding on to a faint glimpse of loyalty and love they feel for their oppressors. It is a natural ambition to want to have control and authority in your life. The problem we sometimes encounter is that this comes at the expense of another person. Men like John from “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Sykes from “Sweat” are examples of how this typically happens, especially in marriage.
It’s a sad story between the life of brother’s pride and the death of his brother. In addition, love is accepting and compassionate in its nature, but brother's love for Doodle is challenged by two very human failings: pride, and the cruelty that results from it. Moreover, it’s nice to be proud of people we care about, but pride can be harmful to them if we push them into doing things that are not in their best
Roy, who has acted the role of the bully throughout Cosi says something so shocking that it makes the audience wonder what Roy has experienced in his life to make him view love as a feeling ‘when you don’t have enough emotion to hate’ but Roy’s childhood is soon revealed which the audience then sympathises with Roy and understands Roy’s great appreciation of music for ‘music is what love between humans should be.’ Henry, the most silent of the patients has such a strong but quite outdated view on love and fidelity in contrast with the younger characters. It is also ironic that the character that Henry plays in Cosi Fan Tutte is completely cynical about the fidelity of women whereas Henry is a firm believer that women can stay true because his mother ‘only llloved his fffather, no one else.’ Doug, however has the same views as Nick and Lucy about free love and offers Lewis the advice, ‘you can always find loneliness in marriage, but never solitude.’ Julie who is a drug addict describes the feeling of love as ‘being stupid and foolish... hallucinating without drugs.’ This view is the closest in the relationship between love and what is real. The
Homosexual Males in Low Socioeconomic Status Annie Williams Diversity and Oppression in the Social Work Context (SWG 533) October 12, 2012 Introduction Society chooses to see homosexual males as femenine, which is the predominant portrayal from the dominant culture. Due to this stereotype, it might be difficult for them to obtain certain jobs. Homosexual males are thought to be delicate and artistic. It is a common misconception that the majority of jobs that are held by homosexual males are in design or domestic in nature. This is how society and the media choose to view the homosexual community.
However, they value different means of love although their love maybe as much as each other. In the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet, the line of "are you going to leave me so unsatisfied?" and "I would be satisfied if we made each other promises of love" said Romeo. However, the persona in Sonnet 18, he written that "once you 're captured in my eternal verses, as long as men are alive and have eyes with which to see, this poem will live and keep you alive ." These show differences as Romeo value more at immediate promises, and at the opposite, persona in Sonnet 18values more in eternal love.