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Love and Death

  • The Symposium-Philosophy
    420 BCE

    The Symposium-Philosophy

    Through speeches, we read about the ways love keeps us eternal.
  • Nicomachean Ethics (Books VIII & IX)-Philosophy
    322 BCE

    Nicomachean Ethics (Books VIII & IX)-Philosophy

    Aristole's explores friendship as form of love that shapes who we are . Even though life is limited, all forms of love enrich our lives and help leave a mark of each other behind.
  • Destruction of Pompeii-History
    79

    Destruction of Pompeii-History

    The Destruction of Pompeii embodies love and death: Families and lovers frozen in the moment, clinging to each other, still seeking each other in their final moments.
  • The Pieta-Art History
    1498

    The Pieta-Art History

    Michelangelo captures that love doesn't end with death
  • Romeo and Juliet-Theater

    Romeo and Juliet-Theater

    Two lovers from rival families whose pure love couldn’t end the feud, until their tragic deaths the families put their differences aside
  • Hamlet-Literature

    Hamlet-Literature

    In Hamlet, the prince's intense love and conflicted love for his father, mother and Ophelia drive him into grief, revenge and impulsive choices. The prince's love becomes twisted with duty and anger, leading everyone's death.
  • Taj Mahal-Architecture

    Taj Mahal-Architecture

    The Taj Mahal was built by Emperor Shah Jahan after his wife Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth, taking twenty years to build. He made his heartbreak into a beautiful monument of eternal love.
  • Saturn Devouring His Sons-Art History

    Saturn Devouring His Sons-Art History

    Father's love wrapped by terror, Goya's painting reveals how fear and misplaced love can lead to destruction and death
  • The Tell-Tale Heart-Literature

    The Tell-Tale Heart-Literature

    Obsession replaces affection as the narrators love for the old man twists into murder, and guilt turns his heartbeat into an inescapable echo of death
  • Requiem Mass in Minor D-Music

    Requiem Mass in Minor D-Music

    Mozart's final piece mourns the dead while celebrating that love that transcends life https://youtu.be/Zi8vJ_lMxQI?si=fBYzBvTms4nLYIig
  • The Garden of Death-Art History

    The Garden of Death-Art History

    Skeletons tend a blooming garden, showing that love, care, and life continue even in the presence of death
  • The Phantom of the Opera-Film History

    The Phantom of the Opera-Film History

    The Phantom's obsessive love haunts Christine, showing how passion, isolation, and fear intertwine with the ever-present shadows of death.
  • When I Fall in Love-Music

    When I Fall in Love-Music

    Sang by Nat Cole King Weddings and Funerals
    https://youtu.be/jnRzMETUUAI?si=Gz3HHmBR12FwTvJb
  • Long Day’s Journey Into Night-Literature

    Long Day’s Journey Into Night-Literature

    Eugene O'Neill wrote a haunting journey that takes place during one night, he shows us how that love can still exist even when there is addiction and despair pull everyone towards their breaking point
  • The Ward- Photography

    The Ward- Photography

    Intimate photography taken in hospital rooms showing how love endures even as life fades away.
  • The Crow-Film History

    The Crow-Film History

    A lover returns from death to get revenge for his lost love, proving that devotion can outlive mortality.