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... While Bram may have respected Hagar deep down, he knew no other way to express this fascination, but through blunt and inappropriate means. Their relationship lacked the substance of love because of their inabilities to express themselves freely and to reveal their true zest for life.
Lastly, the idea of love was something both these characters have a hard time conquering. Lust has become intertwined with their definition of love. ... Love was never expressed through compassion, forgiveness, or honesty but through lustful desires of a self-centered world; by choice, or perhaps in compensation for their inabilities to look deeper. “His banner over me was love. ... He had a banner over me for many years; I never thought it love, though, after we wed” (Laurence, 80).
Approximate Word count = 948
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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