This week the class examined "The Art of Love" by Ovid. Although it was quit funny, even hilarious, I felt uneasy by the responses some of my younger classmates. It was as if we condone manipulation as a from of art to which an end is "love". Yes, there is compromise to maintain a healthy relationship. The way we see relationships and courting in the western hemisphere is different than the way people from other cultures view this intimate process. The discussion of how different cultures believe in still asking the parents to date or marry was brought up. The temperment of an individual plays a part in how aggressive one will pursue a relationship. If a person is shy, one may not manipulate on a quest for love. Everyone and everything is a teacher of either what to do or what not to do. "The Art of Love", in it humor and art of writing, is claerly an example of what not to do if you really are seeking love. I think of my instructor as the perfect example of temperment and humor for love to come to him, instead of manipulating your way into someone's heart.
To prey on the weak as animals seems like the western thought of obtaining a relationship. Don't show the person how much you really care, in case it does'nt work out. If my interputation of this poem is incorrect my apologies. I enjoyed reading this poem and discussing the interputation of it in class. But as I started to think of how the application of this form of manipulation is used in today society, I understand why families are breaking up so easily, pregnancy rate is so high, diseases are being spread at alarming rates, all of this passed through my mind and I began to be agitated by the TRUTH >
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