This was written on the 27th of March but I didn't post this. No idea why, though.
Oh well, here it is now :)
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Question:
Is love a choice?
Answer:
Love is generally perceived as the feelings that a person has for another. It is often thought of as the strongest emotion within the spectrum of human feelings, which is portrayed even in movies like Sleeping Beauty and Ella Enchanted.
And, like in most movies, love happens between the unlikeliest of characters. Some even forbidden, like Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet in Shakespeare's breathtaking romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Their love for each other they knew was not meant to be, but they could not help it.
Therefore, to me, love is not a choice. We cannot choose who we love and neither can we force ourselves to love other people. In fact, it will have a negative effect on both parties, as you are not only hurting yourself, but the opposite person as well.
Besides, if love were a choice, homosexuals would not exist. Since homosexuals are not viewed as "acceptable" in some societies, they would be able to alter their sexual preferences in order to conform to the general public. Everyone would be able to choose who they love according to their own principles and without any difficulties.
However, while choosing whom you love is not a choice, choosing to act on it, is. For example, Romeo and Juliet could have chosen not to meet each other in secret or do anything to cause their love to blossom. Instead, they went against their family's wills and stood by their love until the very end. *My lecturer noted "true" for this paragraph*
In my experience as an adolescent, love can be cruel and unfair in the sense that you can love someone whom you know you can never have a proper relationship with. Thus, love is indeed, in my opinion, not a choice.
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Yeah~ I know, I know. Kind of sappy for me, right?
Oh well :) Plenty more coming up! Be prepared :D
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