Analyzing Spiritual Love And Secular Love Through Images

In western society, a lot of people believe in God, and the dwelling place of God is the kingdom of heaven. Entering into the kingdom of heaven is the religious believers’ highest expectations in the world. But the kingdom of heaven only access to the innocent persons with strong belief of God. Some religious believers dream to enter into the kingdom of heaven after death. In the Bible, Christ has taught people that "the two commandments" is the "love God" and "love your neighbor as yourself. In other words, if one wants to enter into the kingdom of heaven, he must have a strong love of heaven."Love God" is the Spiritual love’s feature, and "love your neighbor as yourself" is the characteristics of Secular love. Furthermore, a person must try one’s best to love God in order to enter into the kingdom of heaven, namely, Spiritual Love has priority over the secular love. So, there are conflicts between spiritual love and secular love in a lot of religious background works. This paper will discuss t contradictions and conflicts of the spiritual love and secular love through the analysis of the protagonist in "the thorn birds" and "the scarlet letter". The main cause of heroine love tragedy in these two works lies in the conflict of spiritual love and secular love. So the key point of this paper is how to achieve harmony between the two love.This paper will analyze from the content of the works to discuss spiritual love and secular love through the analysis of the main characters in The Thorn Birds and The Scarlet Letter.First of all, the first part will analyze the spiritual love under the cross, and then analyze the reasons of the love tragedy in order to discuss the special female image in The Thorn Birds and The Scarlet Letter. The second part will research the origins of conflict in spiritual love and secular love, as well as the form of expression in two works, to show heroines’female consciousness awakening by analysis of the resistance action. The third part will use the theory of psychology to analyze the harmony and unity between spiritual love and secular love in The Thorn Birds and The Scarlet Letter. At the same time it will discuss the impact of personality structure theory and psychology theory of Freud about the characters’ fate and behaviors in the works, in order to research the practical significance and profound influence of psychological theory in all aspects of life. Finally, it will make a conclusion to the practical significance of The Thorn Birds and The Scarlet Letter, pointing out a right direction for modern people about secular love.