Concept paper on Love and Hate

Concept paper on Love and Hate

Introduction

Love can be defined as an emotion of strong affection and personal connection or attachment. It is
known as a virtue that represents all of human gentleness, compassion, kindness and affection. It is the
concern that a person has for others, and that concern is unselfish, benevolent and loyal. That means the
person who has the emotion of love in his heart for some other person or for any other creature, he just
thinks for the good of his beloved keeping apart all his personal benefits and means. There are many
legends like goddess Athena and Helen Troy to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet that surrounds the
emotion of love and explains it in a beautiful manner. Whereas the opposite of love is hate or hatred
which refers to the emotion of extreme dislike against something which one perceives as evil. It is the
feeling of anger against something which sometimes leads to extreme actions like war, violence, or
murder. When a person is in love, he use to sacrifice everything for his loved ones, even his life at times;
while in hatred people try to harm others for whom they have the emotion of hatred. In this paper we
have described these emotions in detail using various aspects to better explain what these emotions are
all about.

Discussion

Love

Love and hate are two most intense emotions which are intimately linked with human brain
(www.independent.co.uk). Love is an emotion that converts enemies into friends as well as friends into
enemies sometimes. If compared to all other emotions, love is one on which most of the plays, stories
and songs had been written. Love falls in those emotions which give the beauty to life and happy feeling
for the person and its surrounding. It is actually a compassionate and affectionate action towards others,
whether it is human or animal, it is the feeling of kindness and likeness. Love is an emotion which can be
classified further in various levels, for instance, love for family, love for spouse, love for friends, love for
homeland, love for animals, love for nature and so.
Love has various levels on which it comes, it doesn't seem to be the same emotion at every stage, but
actually it is. It is a feeling or emotion that tears people apart and help us do so many things in bringing
together whole nations. Whenever something bad happens to our family members, friends, or pets, it is
the emotion of love that brings tears in our eyes. It also leads to some violent acts when a person feels
that his love has been taken away from him or is not with him anymore, for instance, if a loved one of a
person dies he sometimes mourn to such an extent that his other family members have to keep a check
that he does not try to attempt any severe step like suicide.