Topic > Similarities Between Love and Hate - 838

Love and Hate are the Same EmotionLove and hate are basically the feelings that people have towards each other throughout their lives. When a man develops feelings for a woman it means that he is experiencing love, but if the feeling of love fades away it means that it is replaced with feelings of hatred, which indicates the lack of love towards the other. Love and hate are not opposites because they replace each other depending on the emotions that people develop. Love and hate are a cycle of emotions that humans experience, they develop feelings of love from hate or feelings of hate from love. There are several texts that show the similarities between love and hate such as Daddy by Sylvia Plath, Othello by William Shakespeare, and This Be the Verse by Larkin. In the poem “Daddy” by Sylvia Plath shows how she overcomes the feeling of love and Iago uses love to deceive Othello into telling him that Desdemona is cheating by saying, “Believe me, I fear so. I hope you will consider what is said It comes from my love. But I see you are moved. I must ask you not to force my discourse on grosser matters nor on a broader scope of suspicion (1027).” Othello shows his love turning into hatred towards Desdemona because of her reputation by stating, “All my fond affection so I blow to heaven. It's no longer there. Rise, black vengeance, from the empty hell! Yield, O love, your crown and your sincere throne to tyrannical hatred (1034).” Even though Othello wanted to kill Desdemona, he wanted her to die painlessly because he loved her as he stated, “One more, one more. Be like this when you are dead and I will kill you and love you afterwards. One more, and this is the last (1061).” Othello loved Desdemona so much that he hated her and killed her so that she could not betray him in any way.