The Four Loves Literary Elements

The Four Loves Literary Elements

Genre

Philosophical and theological book

Setting and Context

Written in the context of love

Narrator and Point of View

First-person narrative

Tone and Mood

Enlightening, sanguine, passionate and intriguing

Protagonist and Antagonist

The central character in the text is C.S. Lewis.

Major Conflict

The main conflict is that besmirching Agape love leads an individual to sin.

Climax

The climax comes towards the end when the author concludes that love is a gift from God and people should be free to show care and affection towards fellow human beings.

Foreshadowing

Sin is foreshadowed by people's inability to embrace the God-given Agape love.

Understatement

Eros love is understated because it does not only lead to romance but also results in procreation.

Allusions

The story alludes to the different types of love and their significance to humanity.

Imagery

Erotic imagery describes sexual, sensual intimacy, leading to marriage and procreation.

Paradox

The main paradox in Agape love is that one should continue loving those who hurt him.

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

Agape is a metonymy for endless love without boundaries.

Personification

N/A

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