Love, War, and Chastity

There can be many similarities drawn between Arcita and the temple built to the god of war, Mars. Mar’s temple is described as a place filled with horrors. It shows people who are suffering from violence. It has a lot to do with battles, and especially victory in battle. This is where connections can be drawn to Arcita. Arcita is the one who decides to fight over Emily with Palamon even though Palamon saw Emily first. This shows Arcita’s violent side. His love for Emily seems to lead him towards violence and deception. This is demonstrated when he changes his name and fools Theseus to become closer to her. He exhibits characteristics similar to those shown in the temple because he is driven crazy with his love for Emily. Arcita prays to win the battle for Emily, but he does not pray to win Emily. This shows that he is more focused on battle, or war, than love. Arcita did win the war but not his woman. He suffered a death similar to the ones shown on the portraits in the temple. This seems suiting because he lived by the principles of war, thus he also died by them.

Love and war constantly coexist in literature. In fact, they seem to be almost reliant on one another. This is because one is always intensified with the presence of the other. Love can exist without war, but when wars are fought for love, it makes the love more complete and significant. On the other hand, war can exist without love. However, it is also true that when a war is fought with the fiery passion of love, it is a much more satisfying war. Love often creates wars. It is an inspiring and driving factor that causes many characters to do illogical things. Soldiers in war are often driven by the women they love. Love gives hope to men, and it gives them a reason to fight and live. Most love makes people be willing to die for one another, and this connects with war. Love can end wars, and love can end in a war. Love and war are connected: one can lead to another, one intensifies the other, and one can destroy the other.

My Society

My society would be focused around the leadership of Gandalf the White Wizard. Gandalf is very wise and would be able to devise the major plans for the society. His leadership was demonstrated in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. He was able to organize people of many different races into achieving a common goal, which was no easy task. Gandalf would surely by the person to lead this society based upon his wisdom and magical ability.

Under Gandalf there are several key supporters. One of these members is Nurse Joy from the Pokémon series. During each episode of the Pokémon TV show, Nurse Joy is able to cure various illnesses. She is a capable healer who would be very important to the society. She is also extremely polite and helpful, so she would comply with whatever guidelines she was asked to follow.

Jimmy Neutron is another important part of the society. He would always be updating the technology in the area. This would make thing very efficient, provided his inventions do not backfire as the sometimes do in his television show. Jimmy is also somewhat of a comedian and an entertainer. This is because many of his inventions could serve multiple purposes. They were both useful and entertaining. He could invent things that would improve every part of the society due to his large intellect.

Darth Vader would be the one who would keep society in line. Given his dominant traits observed in The Star Wars Saga, he would easily be able to keep everyone in control. This is because of his army of stormtoopers, which he is seldom lacking, and his ability to use the Dark Side of The Force. He would instill fear into any revolutionaries, who would be far too scared to challenge Darth Vader. Even if some one were daring enough to stand up to him they would most certainly perish before his might.

Lastly, Optimus Prime would be the hero of this society. Should anything ever happen to go wrong he could save the day. Hopefully this would be a rare circumstance, and things would seldom go wrong. But if there were ever a need for a hero, he more than meets the requirement. Also, since Optimus is a Transformer, he could remain in truck mode, and stay out of the way when he was not needed. He could stop any evil forces that wished to destroy the society. He would work in cooperation with Gandalf, Jimmy Neutron, and Darth Vader. All of these people together could not be overcome by anyone.

When considering possible problems of this society, there are a few that do come to mind. Firstly, there is no prominent womanly figure. Gandalf is the fatherly figure of the society, but there is no queen or lover or princess or mother. This could result in some imbalance. Another problem is the malfunctioning of Jimmy’s inventions. His inventions often go wrong, which make for great TV episodes, but they do not make for good societal inventions. Jimmy would have to work extra hard in order to make sure nothing went wrong. Possibly the biggest problem is having Darth Vader as a part of this society. He is the biggest threat and a danger to the well being of the society. After all, he is a member of the Dark Side. He would have to be controlled and used as an enforcer only. However, whenever someone in Star Wars attempted to control Vader, he killed them. Hopefully this would not be the case in this society. Vader would have to use his evil powers on members of the society only when necessary. If he turned against the establishment, which is not unlikely, he would have to be controlled. The only one who may have a chance against Vader is Optimus Prime. This would leave a huge responsibility on Optimus’ shoulders because should he fail, the society would break down.