Confusing Love With Obsession

Confusing Love With Obsession

Introduction

Stein & Vythilingum (2009) define love as a natural feeling that starts from a simple attraction and ends up with a never ending bond. However, love has been seen under different perceptual frameworks by different people as per their own understanding of the term. In some cases, love has even been replaced with the name of an obsession for a person or materialistic thing (Vechten, 2003). In order to better understand the differences between different conceptual perceptions regarding, it is necessary to seek answer to the following question.

Answer 1

Six different love styles can be highlighted in the view of sociologist Lee (1988) who has used Latin and Greek words to define the purity of all the different styles. Discussing briefly, the following types of love styles have been identified by Lee:

Eros: Referring to those who give the most importance to personal looks.

Ludus: Referring to those who are not committed to love and take it as a source of enjoyment.

Storge: Referring to people who take love as a step by step journey beginning from friendship and ending up with strong relations.

Mania: Referring to those possessive and demanding from their partners.

Agape: Referring to people who treat love as a duty and honor to fulfill.

Pragma: Referring to those who keep passion aside and think logically before selecting their mate.

Predominant Love Style

After going through the book named Confusing Love with Obsession, it was highlighted that the central character in the book is of Nancy. Moreover, Nancy could be tagged for falling under the head of Eros & Mania love styles because:

She got attached to Ron very quickly in the initial stages of their relationship.

After certain events, Nancy got obsessive for Ron and took certain shocking measures including manipulation of pregnancy and taking revenge against women with him Ron was ...