I tried so hard but could not find people talking about unrequited love in a sensible way. So, I revisited my collection of love stories in an earlier post to understand how love happens.
20. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert - Their story started with marriage, hence it would be completely difficult to decode their love story
19. Marie and Pierre Curie - Apparently they have developed feeling mutually over courtship, their passion towards science bringing them together.
18. Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal - From the written records, Shah Jahan saw Mumtaz and decided he would marry her. Mumtaz could only feel overwhelmed at the offer. Hard to decipher the passion before marriage, but later it's known how much she meant to him.
17. Pocahontas and John Smith - This is mostly a legend and any account of him being attracted to her or developing a liking is up to imagination.
16. Salim and Anarkali - Another work of fiction, this story portrays the mutual attraction between the protagonists
15. Elizabeth Bennett and Darcy - Aah! Finally, a story where the pair had to fight a lot of situation-demanded decisions on expressing love and how they had to overcome the pride and prejudice in acknowledging one's feelings.
14. Pyramus and Thisbe - The couple who felt love mutually and died for each other.
13. Eloise and Abelard - This story of a monk and nun, started with the man wooing a very beautiful woman.
12. Layla and Majnun - They are soulmates. Period. Hence had a bond since childhood till death.
11. Jane Eyre and Rochester - Wonderful example of how things start to unravel once you let down your guard. Rochester believed Jane would forget him in a flick but by saying so, he only got to hear how sincerely she loves him. A perfect example of "You never know"
10. Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler - A bizarre love story. They were never in sync. She can't get over the childish fantasy and he has taken too much of her fickleness. She was self-involved to understand the love he has for her, at the least the love she has for him.
9. Paolo and Francesca - An illicit affair of mutual interests.
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8. Odysseus and Penelope - Have you waited for someone for 20 years? Well, she did. She waited without even knowing what she is waiting for. May be that's what made him the only person alive from the war. How did she know?
7. Napoleon and Josephine - Hard to contemplate their love, but you can conclude his pursuit of her is as passionate as it can get.
6. Orpheus and Eurydice - Very little known of Eurydice love and beyond measure written of and by Orpheus love.
5. Paris and Helen - A story of abduction and war. If, Helen had loved Paris or she was only prisoner, we are no where near to decide on it.
4. Tristan and Isolde - Very close to Devdas and Parvati of Indian literature. The mutual passion could not live in the reality of circumstances.
3. Lancelot and Guinevere - Another tale of adultery. People who loved each other despite marital status and suffered through the consequences.
2. Cleopatra and Mark Antony - How can we forget the sacrifices they made for each other? But how can we also forget the Julius Caeser side of her story?
1. Romeo and Juliet - Love happens at first sight and you know right then its him/her. Romeo and Juliet teach us that and also that you can go against your family and the world for that love.
With all due respect, do you believe love should happen to you the ways above? Do you turn to these stories in understanding how love will be? Most being Adultery or Forced/Convenience marriages or Politically motivated. Dating might not be Indian way and here, romance blooms mostly by chance or a guy pursuit (for a long time). So unrequited love, I define is when a person loves and does not feel loved back the same way. Then, what do you do? Open up and find out. This is me opening up about truth of historical love stories.
Now that, we decided to be open, I won't wait till last day for the question this year. This time it's gonna be simple. Yes or No.
Did you or Do you have someone in your life whom you fell for but he/she never knew? Please answer in the poll right top of my page..
20. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert - Their story started with marriage, hence it would be completely difficult to decode their love story
19. Marie and Pierre Curie - Apparently they have developed feeling mutually over courtship, their passion towards science bringing them together.
18. Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal - From the written records, Shah Jahan saw Mumtaz and decided he would marry her. Mumtaz could only feel overwhelmed at the offer. Hard to decipher the passion before marriage, but later it's known how much she meant to him.
17. Pocahontas and John Smith - This is mostly a legend and any account of him being attracted to her or developing a liking is up to imagination.
16. Salim and Anarkali - Another work of fiction, this story portrays the mutual attraction between the protagonists
14. Pyramus and Thisbe - The couple who felt love mutually and died for each other.
13. Eloise and Abelard - This story of a monk and nun, started with the man wooing a very beautiful woman.
12. Layla and Majnun - They are soulmates. Period. Hence had a bond since childhood till death.
11. Jane Eyre and Rochester - Wonderful example of how things start to unravel once you let down your guard. Rochester believed Jane would forget him in a flick but by saying so, he only got to hear how sincerely she loves him. A perfect example of "You never know"
10. Scarlett O’Hara and Rhett Butler - A bizarre love story. They were never in sync. She can't get over the childish fantasy and he has taken too much of her fickleness. She was self-involved to understand the love he has for her, at the least the love she has for him.
9. Paolo and Francesca - An illicit affair of mutual interests.
4. Tristan and Isolde - Very close to Devdas and Parvati of Indian literature. The mutual passion could not live in the reality of circumstances.
3. Lancelot and Guinevere - Another tale of adultery. People who loved each other despite marital status and suffered through the consequences.
With all due respect, do you believe love should happen to you the ways above? Do you turn to these stories in understanding how love will be? Most being Adultery or Forced/Convenience marriages or Politically motivated. Dating might not be Indian way and here, romance blooms mostly by chance or a guy pursuit (for a long time). So unrequited love, I define is when a person loves and does not feel loved back the same way. Then, what do you do? Open up and find out. This is me opening up about truth of historical love stories.
Now that, we decided to be open, I won't wait till last day for the question this year. This time it's gonna be simple. Yes or No.
Did you or Do you have someone in your life whom you fell for but he/she never knew? Please answer in the poll right top of my page..
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