"What's Love Got to Do with It"

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literature

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date published 05/10/2007

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The Beatles echo popular sentiment with their hit tune from the 60’s, “Can’t buy me love.” The lyrics profess that love holds more value than money or materialistic cravings. Certainly, a romantic relationship can yield substantial benefits to both participants, including companionship, intimacy, stability and status. However, must a couple share love to realize these comforts? Love, with its accompanying emotional distractions—jealousy, envy and insecurity—can prove burdensome and impractical over time. Subtract love from the equation and the remainder equals two people seeking social and financial advancement. Marriage may mark modern man’s most memorable misconception. Without potential profit motive, no logical reason exists for such a union to endure. In relationships, the desire for gain overpowers the need for love.
In the novel Pride and Prejudice, ulterior motives hide behind the guise of good intentions. Miss Bingley claims that she and her brother remain in London because she wants her brother, Charles Bingley, to be happy.

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In the novel Pride and Prejudice, ulterior motives hide behind the guise of good intentions.
Likewise, Charlotte discards love as an unnecessary aspect of a relationship.
When one does not see the potential for a social gain, he withdraws from the relationship.
Mrs. Bennet cares only for wealth and status. Realizing that Elizabeth does not share these same values, she heaps a heavy dose of guilt upon her daughter.
In other relationships, compromising in order to look better serves as a substitute for love.
In a similar fashion, Mr. Collins settles for second best, proposing to Charlotte in an effort to save face after Elizabeth rejects him.
Unable to deny the lack of romantic energy from Charlotte, Mr. Collins settles in order to obtain the companionship he so urgently desires.
The novel, Pride and Prejudice, portrays several loveless relationships.