The Absence of Love in Beloved and Secrets and LiesLove is arguably the most powerful emotion humanity possesses; it is the intangible bond that allows individuals to connect and understand each other. Pure love is directly linked to divinity. Without love, happiness and prosperity become unattainable goals. An individual who possesses all the superficial objects desired in the world is alone without the presence of love. For centuries, love has amazed all those who dare to encounter it. Countless books and poems have been transcribed to explain the phenomenon of love, but love surpasses all explanations and intellectual discussions. Love is not a definition, but rather a thought, an idea. This idea, the idea of ​​love, burns within us all. Instinctively, every soul on Earth is addicted to love. A dependence that, if not satisfied, will contribute to the downfall of an individual in a society. If one is not loved or loved, one cannot thrive in a society where love is an essential ingredient of joy and happiness. Love produces healthy relationships which, in turn, produce healthy and safe environments for all its participants. Love allows the connection of two people; it is love that completes an individual. In Toni Morrisons Beloved and the film Secrets and Lies, incomplete characters are illustrated and analyzed. The incompleteness of these characters is the result of the absence of love. In the text of Beloved and Secrets and Lies, Sethe and Cynthia are characters whose roles depict the sad fate of an individual incapable of possessing love in its purist form. Sethe or Cynthia cannot express their love properly because neither of them were loved as children. Only... middle of paper......duce his own brother. Cynthia is obviously terribly affected by the lack of love in her life. Morris later explains that his sister was the victim of someone "who received no love." (Secrets and Lies) Love is the determining factor in every individual's life and, as shown in the novel Beloved and the film Secrets and Lies, love is not always pleasant. The characters in both texts find themselves unable to express their love and therefore destroy several potentially healthy relationships. Overall, love can be seen as divine just as easily as it can be seen as evil. Sometimes the idea of ​​love gets lost somewhere, and those who fail to find an alternative source of emotion must endure the pain and suffering of a life without love.BibliographyMorrison, Toni. Beloved. New York: Penguin Group, 1987. “Secrets and Lies”