Description
Love:
Using one of the poetic terms covered in class, thus far, a scholarly (non-encyclopedic) source and a piece/pieces of literature read this semester, explain/define/illustrate one of the types of love. The types of love possible to discuss are:
• Eros: Love of the body/sexuality
• Philia: Platonic love
• Agape: Absolute love/love of the soul or God
• Philautia: Love of the self
• Storge: Love of the children/family
If poetry is used to talk about love, to complete this assignment, please use two poems. If fiction or drama are used, a single text is sufficient.
Be sure to have a strong thesis/claim, and use the text of the piece(s) of literature chosen to illustrate the form of love chosen or as evidence to support your claim.
In total, you must use a minimum of three quotes from the text. Please DO NOT include a dictionary definition in your essay.
Refrain from using the first person (I, me, my, myself, we, us, our, ourselves) or the second person (you, your, yourself, yourselves).