I first discovered the following passage upon seeing "Sense and Sensibility" about seven (or so) years ago. I ran across it again tonight and felt compelled to post.
...Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no, it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken...
- William Shakespeare
Perhaps it is the drama of the scene (Marianne standing in the pouring rain, quoting the sonnet as she gazes brokenly towards Willoughby's mansion...), but for whatever reason...it just gets me...
5 comments:
Woah, deep stuff... Why are there so many obstacles even when there is geniune love? Why do people say they are in love when, in fact, they are not? Perhaps they should be educated through a little Shakespeare... And why does love have to be so darn complicated- why can't it simply be love with no strings attached, and why can't we leave our excess baggage where it will not interfere? Oh dear, you started these rusty wheels to turning.
But anyways, I love you, roomie! You rock my face off!
Couldn't have said it better myself...I knew there was a reason I liked you - hehe.
I'm not really sure where God's love comes in here... I mean, there has to be a change for there to be love in this instance.
Similarly, there are changes or sacrifices we make for those we love... I stopped flirting with everything female because it bothered Bethany, even though it was part of my personality. She did not ask me to do it, but I did because I knew it bothered her.
I think the sonnet is right. True love does not enter into a relationship for the intent of changing a person, but true love does yearn for the object of their love (and the relationship with that person) to reach their full potential and sometimes that does require change. True love does not demand changes, but desires the best for a person and rejoices when change occurs that will facilitate such improvement.
Does that make ANY sense? I hope so.
ever the overthinker,
brett
Hi Brett! Hmm. I see what you're saying, but mostly what I get from the quote is that love isn't something that is going to just...die. Yes, there will be change. There has to be give and take in any relationship. Sometimes you have to adjust in order to make things as smooth as possible. I don't think it's saying "love does not require change."
To me, the main gist is in the last passage: "O no, it is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is not shaken". I like that bit because it's true. Real love may temporarily waver under trial, but it will ultimately stand the test.
You were talking about God's love and how it plays in. Our love for one another should be fashioned after God's love for us, and it made me think of the following verses: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails."
- 1 Corinthians 13
meghan loves william shakespeare.
he are the coolest.
i are done.
(GO OTHELLO!)
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