This is a version of one of my favorite scenes in Friel's Translations. It is so odd, the two say the same words back and forth in different languages. They don't understand each other and yet they know they love each other. I do honestly feel this scene expresses the quote "love is the universal language" perfectly.
Their love is childish sounding; the two have never really spoken and they know nothing about the person they claim to love. How is this possible? How can someone give their love away like that? It is so strange, yet entrancing. It is impossible to keep from getting caught up in the moment when watching this scene so maybe it was impossible for them to keep from getting caught in the moment with each other.
So while debating this scene in my mind, I have circled around one general question: is a universal language possible? I keep relating this to the question of a universal religion or faith; it seems like too many people are caught in their old ways and will never conform to something that isn't their own. But could love be considered a universal language? I guess it could be, but is love a language? I have been utterly unable to come to a conclusion.
Any thoughts?!
I do think love is a language. Also, I believe it will always be the only universal language for exactly the reason you stated, people are too wrapped up in their history and what they're used to. Love is something that people are willing to open up to. Because of that, it connects everyone emotionally.
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etc.
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<3 emma.
you're right, i couldn't stop watching the clip from the play. I think this clip does show that love is the universal language but i also think that it illustrates the idea of names - both characters know and can say the other person's name. their conversation begins with this and then they confess in their own language. following in the style of the play, the knowledge of names reveals something about their inner selves to the other person, causing their universal language.
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