Six Types of Love Reading


I read an article about the six types of love in popular culture: Eros love, Ludus love, Storge love, Pragma love, Mania love, and Agape love. In class, we discussed Eros love, Storge love, and Agape love, and I became fascinated with the idea of different types of love and wanted to learn more. I then found information on six different kinds and wanted to discuss them a little more in depth.

The first type of love that I found was Eros love. We talked about this type of love a lot in class especially when watching Babette’s Feast. Eros love is classified as romantic love and this focuses more on the hopeless romantics and intense feelings. A lot of times this is included in various films for a more dramatic plot but also to appeal to people’s feelings and emotions. For example, we see this in the Titanic, with Jack and Rose.

The second type of love that I found was Ludus love. This was a new type of love that I’ve never heard of before. This is the playful type of love. This means that in relationships or even when getting to know people, things are more casual meaning open relationships or not committing to one person. For these types of people, everything involving love is a challenge but a fun challenge. We see this in the character Joey from Friends.

The third type of love is Storge love. We also discussed this type of love in class. I found this one to be interesting because I liked how it described the type of love in a way of friendship and affection as opposed to romantic or sexual. Sometimes, this type of love does turn into true love but it starts out with a friendship and eventually the bond deepens to true love. An example of this is the relationship between Hermione and Ron in Harry Potter. Their bond grows over time and eventually they fall in love and get married.

The fourth type of love is Pragma love. I had not heard of this type of love before but it basically means that the love is practical. These kinds of people who pursue this type of love are usually looking at how they can benefit from the relationship as opposed to how much they actually love the person. An example of this is The Proposal.

The fifth type of love is Mania. This is an obsessive kind of love and usually includes jealousy, obsession, and possessiveness. It is extreme and can sometimes become dangerous to whoever is getting the love. Examples of this are women in Fatal Attraction.

The sixth type of love is Agape love. We discussed this a lot in class as well. This type of love is selfless and unconditional meaning that no matter what the circumstances people love and don’t expect anything in return. An example of this in film is The Pursuit of Happiness.

Ultimately, I found that learning about these types of loves helps me to broaden my perspective of love in film. There are many ways to view love in films, and this article really helped me to see that.

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