Love in Desires Baby, The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, and The Nym

Love in Desires Baby by Kate Chopin, The Passionate sheepherder to His Love by Christopher Marlowe, and The Nymphs reply to the Shepherd by Sir Walter Raleigh The socioeconomic condition and status of a person greatly impacts whether or non love will be reciprocated. That is evidenced by the story of Dsires Baby, by Kate Chopin and the poems The Passionate Shepherd to His Love, by Christopher Marlowe and The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd, by Sir Walter Raleigh. All these literary works relate love with socioeconomic status and how love is subordinated to societys norms. Dsires Baby is clearly a story about the clash of love and social status. It takes place in Louisiana in a time where slaveholding was still present and dictated the way of life. It is a story about love and how it end be plagued by racial divide. Armand did not care that Dsires past was unknown and decided to marry her. He probably didnt care that much because as the saying goes what you don t know cant hurt you. At the time Dsire had her baby things started to change. When Madame Valmond visited Dsire and the baby it was already obvious by her reaction that race and status were going to affect the love and the marriage. When Armand figured out that the baby wasnt 100% white the marriage fell obscure and it all ended. The fact that his wife was part black was to hard for him to bear, it was something unacceptable in society in those days. In an ironic twist of faith Armand then(prenominal) found out through a letter from his mother to his father that he was the one who was actually part black. The story clearly shows how status can interfere with love. As this passage shows it Armand loved Dsire The pass... ...gh love is a personal feeling it still needs, most of the time, societys word meaning to become concrete. If society and its norms judge that a love shouldnt happen and that it isnt real (even if it is) it usually will not work out, it will be dest ined to fail. It is said that all you need is love, but that is rarely the case. Most people feel like they need acceptance and that will not happen if they break societys norms, even love is subordinate to those norms. Works CitedSchilb, John, and John Clifford, eds. Making Literature Matter An Anthology for Readers and Writers. Boston Bedford/St. Martins, 2003.Marlowe, Christopher. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love. Schilb and Clifford 846-847.Raleigh, Sir Walter. The Nymphs Reply to the Shepherd. Schilb and Clifford 848.Chopin, Kate. Dsires Baby. Schilb and Clifford 864-868.