pragma love - enduring love
as long ago, my love how long ago- echo ( cyclical poem showes endurance)
— Connect to torvalds financial control as affection sustainable lasting ‘love’
‘ Has my little squanderer been spending again’
remember displays unconditional love that goes beyond death-better by far that you should forget and smile then be sad and remember.
biblical imagery in a birthday - love of faith and God and endures
my love has come to me
explore the limitations of earthly love
accepting agape love is a catalyst for self Discovery
Love is a transactional concept that reveals the power imabalance - explore limitations of earthly love
what does c.s lewis say about philia love
CS Lewis describes this love as the least natural form of love - human nature does not need this love to survive
what is agape love and how can you reference
agape love is the love of humanity
in a dolls house, there is an absence of agape love -a reminder for the hollow materialistic nature of the 19th century bourgeoisie — substitutes God for patriarchal control
vs rosetti who feels void with religious beliefs to for redemption
what is eros love and how can you reference
romantic or sexual love
—-rank and nora’s sexualised relationship
—- rosetti lack of eros as replaced with divine love / pragma
What is philia and how can you reference it?
feeling part of a team or group
—-sister solidarity between Mrs Lind and Nora and Laura and Lizzie
what is storge
Family Love and close relationships
—— And questions whether the truth familial love actually exist under social pressure
could reference how Nora brings up her children to follow the same gender stereotypes that are instilled in society - the sword for ivar, a dolls bed for emmy
remember- speaker puts others feelings before their own showing a nurtured love
Better by far that you should smile then be sad and remember
what is ludus love and how would you reference?
fun exciting and playful love
nora and torvald— teasing pet names
relationship is playful as if in act superficial love— secrecy and deception + tarantella dance
you are dancing like your life depends on it — ironic as it does
Can link to maude Claire
to bless the hearth to bless the board to bless the marriage bed—— link to torvalds 3 pillars of marriage. JUXTAPOSES LUDUS WITH STORGE - you can’t base a stable marriage rooted in ludus
maude claire undermines the stability of the marriage through her Ludus relationship with Thomas. —- Rosie suggest that relationships rooted in Ludus lover ultimately superficial and incapable of sustaining genuine bonds.
what is mania and how would you reference it?
Mania love is obsessive and controlling love
Both writers show that obsessive love mania is destructive and lead to loss of control!!!
Can reference to patriarchal control of torvald
can reference goblin market —— Laura becomes addicted to the fruit becomes an uncontrollable and obsessive desire
what can you say about divine love
Lack of divine love substituted for earthly love leaves room for a society fuelled by commodity