Perspectives of Love with Chemistry and the Mind
Since the beginning of mankind, compassion and attraction has been imbedded in our DNA as an unconditional connection. The general sense of love has been acknowledged and is often celebrated as such an external allure leads into a lifetime bond of internal thoughts and feelings. However, the true definition of love is often left alone as the entity or feeling of loved can be felt, but cannot be described in detail. In The Lady’s Not For Burning, Christopher Fry explores the relationship of love and the mind to portray love as a physical attraction that develops into an influencing connection of the minds, while in “Love’s Alchemy,” John Donne expresses the relationship of love and alchemy to …show more content…
Donne offers a different approach to the true nature of love as it is compared with the uncertainty of alchemy in his poem “Love’s Alchemy.” The idea of alchemy itself in the context of old fashioned chemistry is associated with blind experiments of elixir resulting in unpredictable results and false hopes. Donne attempts to link both the ideas of alchemy and love, not in a negative context, but to exemplify the unknown character and identification of love itself. The idea of love relates to the hope for elixir in that although it is the goal, it is never reached despite the effort invested to locate it. Donne expresses the uncertainty of elixir by stating that “no chemic yet th’ elixir got,” (Donne l. 7) but is still able to “[glorify] his pregnant pot,” (Donne l. 8) thus stating that even though the love is not identified yet the result is still pleasant. The uncertainty of love poses the question of love’s worth. Donne questions if the sacrifices made for love and during the search of love are worth the result, as the lover must endure all the conflicts and time to in which “Ends love in this” (Donne l. 15). To further his argument, Donne concluded in the second stanza by stating that through all the work of finding love and swearing by “the spheres” of the universe or enduring the “mind in women” (Donne l. , no progress shall be made as there is no end goal with love being simply a metaphysical idea whose true nature cannot be reached or identified. This relates back to the chemic and his elixir as in both cases, the chemic and the lover had envisioned a heavenly and ideal result, but were given a feeling or product that, although still pleasing, was not what they had hoped
Since the beginning of mankind, compassion and attraction has been imbedded in our DNA as an unconditional connection. The general sense of love has been acknowledged and is often celebrated as such an external allure leads into a lifetime bond of internal thoughts and feelings. However, the true definition of love is often left alone as the entity or feeling of loved can be felt, but cannot be described in detail. In The Lady’s Not For Burning, Christopher Fry explores the relationship of love and the mind to portray love as a physical attraction that develops into an influencing connection of the minds, while in “Love’s Alchemy,” John Donne expresses the relationship of love and alchemy to …show more content…
Donne offers a different approach to the true nature of love as it is compared with the uncertainty of alchemy in his poem “Love’s Alchemy.” The idea of alchemy itself in the context of old fashioned chemistry is associated with blind experiments of elixir resulting in unpredictable results and false hopes. Donne attempts to link both the ideas of alchemy and love, not in a negative context, but to exemplify the unknown character and identification of love itself. The idea of love relates to the hope for elixir in that although it is the goal, it is never reached despite the effort invested to locate it. Donne expresses the uncertainty of elixir by stating that “no chemic yet th’ elixir got,” (Donne l. 7) but is still able to “[glorify] his pregnant pot,” (Donne l. 8) thus stating that even though the love is not identified yet the result is still pleasant. The uncertainty of love poses the question of love’s worth. Donne questions if the sacrifices made for love and during the search of love are worth the result, as the lover must endure all the conflicts and time to in which “Ends love in this” (Donne l. 15). To further his argument, Donne concluded in the second stanza by stating that through all the work of finding love and swearing by “the spheres” of the universe or enduring the “mind in women” (Donne l. , no progress shall be made as there is no end goal with love being simply a metaphysical idea whose true nature cannot be reached or identified. This relates back to the chemic and his elixir as in both cases, the chemic and the lover had envisioned a heavenly and ideal result, but were given a feeling or product that, although still pleasing, was not what they had hoped