"Virtue and Desire" in "The Courtier", by Castiglione 16th Century Literature Analysis
Title: "Virtue and Desire" in "The Courtier", by Castiglione 16th Century Literature Analysis
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 1679 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
"Virtue and Desire" in "The Courtier", by Castiglione 16th Century Literature Analysis
Category: /Literature
Details: Words: 1679 | Pages: 6 (approximately 235 words/page)
Virtue & Desire
<Tab/>What exactly is ideal love? This is a question that works of literature have been discussing for thousands of years. The lines between true virtuous love and those types of love involving primarily lust have been exemplified in historic texts repeatedly. In discussing virtuous love and how it contrasts with that of mere desire the term courtly love must be recognized. Castiglione describes courtly love as …showed first 75 words of 1679 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1679 total…and "Astrophel and Stella". The most evident and important is the conflict between desire and virtue. Through out the analysis of both work I hope to have shown the different ways in which both authors used language to illustrate the over ruling theme, "Ideal Love". Ideal love as mentioned earlier is described as the love of ones soul and the appreciation of the beauty within. This is a love we should all attain to have.
