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LANGUAGE OF LOVE

THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE.

A DIFFICULT MATTER.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

What

does the language of love

refer

to?Why does the language of love is a difficult matter?Why do language of poetry is particularly suitable to express feelings?What are love’s main symbols? Which colours often coincide with the feeling?What are the main differences between the forms of courting and the language of love today and in the Renaissance?

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What

does the language

of love refer to

?

It

refers to the language used mainly in sonnets, tragedies and all the lyric poetry.It consists of all the rethorical choices, syntactical devices and narrative processes which better express feelings and emotionally move the reader.Shakespeare’s way of writing is a clear example of it, because the language

he uses

in his dialogue exchanges

are

often

linked with body.

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Why

does the language

of love is

a

difficult matter?Because it can hide various meanings, construable in different ways by everyone, depending on one’s nature or according to circumstances.Love is an emotion: it’s hard, and much more was in the Renaissance, to study impartially something linked with feelings.First reflections about psychoanalysis

were made in XVII

century by Leibniz

and

after

by Freud, so in the Renaissance love was a new “problem

” to tackle.

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Why

does language

of poetry is

particularly

suitable to express feelings?Language of poetry is a rethorical language, so it better respond to this necessity.Language of poetry is full of figures of speech, which can disguise deep ideas below their literal meaning.Language of poetry

allows many

poets like Shakespeare

to

make the reader emotionally moved:

his stories end

tragically, like many

dramatic

plays

.

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What

are love’s

main symbols?

Love is the word used to refer to an emotion 

of a strong

attraction or personal attachment.Its archetypal symbol is a red heart. Why?The heart is supposed to be the core of emotions: it’s at the center of our body and conciliates not onlylove, but also anger, fear, happiness, melancholy exc.Other items like chains or padlocks are often used to express the concept of bond.6Slide7

Which

colours often coincide

with the feeling?

When

someone speaks about love people often link the feeling with red. Why?Red is the colour of our heart and more precisely of blood: it can recall to a link or a relationship.Red gives also the idea of passion; for the same reason on St. Valentine’s Day couples give each other a red

rose, as a pawn

of love.

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What

are the

main differences

between the forms of

courting

and the language of love today and in the Renaissance?Renaissance covers the period from the XIV to the XVII century.Today we live in the XXI century.The time gap is about five-six centuries.One can infer which the main differences are due to the different ages.

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Forms

of

courting t

odayToday’s

forms

of courting, especially between teenagers, are: speaking to the boy/girl, texting (sending emoticons), body language, looking after one’s appearance.Besides today a girl can court a boy too.9Slide10

Forms

of courting in the Renaissance

In the Renaissance only

men

used to court: women’s way of courting was apparently a response to a men’s courting.A man used to court a woman with passionate considerations, using language of religion, which witnessed a high way to approach.In Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare the “knight” notices the “lady” and approaches to her with clear religious references

to show his aristocracy

.

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