Agape and Eros in Django Unchained

In the Quentin Tarantino film Django Unchained, there are multiple examples of different types of love. Agape love describes love between friends, especially that which is charitable. The movie takes place in the antebellum South, so slavery is very prevalent. Dr. King Schultz is a bounty hunter from Germany and is doing missions in the South, when he comes upon Django after killing the slave drivers who are moving Django. Dr. Schultz asks for help in locating two more men he is targeting and Django is the only one who is able to help him. Django spends a whole winter working for/ with Dr. Shultz. Django is actually owned by Dr. Shultz, but Shultz does not believe in slavery and thus treats Django as a coworker.

After they work together for a while, Django tells Dr. Shultz about how he lost his wife to slavery. Then, Dr. Shultz goes to every extent to try to reunite Django and his wife, Broomhilda. This sis where the agape love comes in. Dr. Shultz does not have to help Django at all, in fact, he technically owns Django. However, Shultz has bonded with Django and they have developed a special relationship. Thus, Shultz will do anything in his power to find Broomhilda with Django. He gives Django money and supplies, travels around the South, tries to swindle her owner into selling her, even kills her owner, which results in his being killed, all for Django.

The other side of the coin is the eros love Django feels for Broomhilda. He loves her deeply and never stopped loving here, throughout their years of separation. Django goes through said journey with Shultz to find Broomhilda, but Django's journey goes even further. Django kills many men, is captured and almost executed, sold to a mining company, escaped the mining company and kills more men, then goes back and rescues Broomhilda while burning down the plantation she was held as a slave. He does this all for her and his passionate love is well documented throughout the film.