lunes, 22 de septiembre de 2008

Unreachable Love

As I read the myth of Apollo and Daphne, I began to think about love. Love is a very powerful feeling which leads people to crazyness. It can either make someone feel like the best person ever, or like the worst one. Many people live very happy because of love, but many people live in misery because of it. This is a very strong feeling which can lead people to have a great life or have a terrible one. Love is one of the best emotions people can have. But it can also be the one of the worst ones. When someone loves someone that loves him or her back, is very good, because both of them feel very good, and love is great for them. But, when someone loves someone that doesn't love him or her back, the person who loves the other person suffers very much and love can become a terrible feeling.
In Apollo and Daphne, Cupid strikes Apollo with one of his arrows so he falls in love with the nymph Daphne. But Cupid struck Daphne with the arrow which repeled love. So Apollo loved Daphne very much, but Daphne didn't love him back.
"The former was of gold and sharp pointed, the latter blunt and tipped with lead. With the leaden shaft he struck the nymph Daphne, the daughter of the river god Peneus, and with the golden one Apollo, through the heart. Forthwith the god was seized with love for the maiden, and she abhorred the thought of loving. " (Chapter 3, letter a)
After I finished reading the myth I was able to conclude that love is very powerful. Love is a very strong feeling which can decide a person's life. Love is an emotion which everyone has, one of the best emotions as I mentioned before. But love should be used wisely, because with love, nothing is secure. Love can be either great or terrible.

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