Love: Is it a Fairy Tale?-Martin Eden essay

e upper middle class society. His first image of this society was upon his visit to the Morse house, and it was here that Martin met the greatest creature that he had ever seen.
             And he turned and saw the girl. The phantasmagoria of his brain vanished at sight of her. She was a pale, ethereal creature, with wide, spiritual blue eyes and a wealth of golden hair. He did not know how she was dressed, except that the dress was as wonderful as she. He likened her to a pale gold flower upon a slender stem. No, she was spirit, a divinity, a goddess; such sublimated beauty was not of the earth. (Pg. 35 {paragraph 2})
             Her name was Ruth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Morse, and the most enchanting thing Martin had seen in all his 20 years of life. You see that it is here that Martin has his "fairytale" image of her, an impression that will be hard for him to let go. He knew then that he must be with her, do whatever it took to win her. So that was what he set about doing. He made every effort to win her affection; he studied grammar, read thousands of books, even learned chemistry and math. All of this he did for her, to be worthy of her and it was her who inspired him as he worked, it was her who kept him going till all hours of the night. And all his hard work seemed to pay off when Ruth claims her love for him. It was a great day in his life. The scene where Ruth and Martin pronounce their love is the highest moment at which Martin fairytale love soars.
             "When did you love me?" She whispered. "From the first, the very first, the first moment I laid eyes on you. I was mad for love of you then, and in all the time that has passed since then I have only grown madder. I am maddest, now, dear. I am almost lunatic, my head so turned with joy." "I am glad I am a woman, Martin-dear," she said after a long sigh..."And you?" He demanded.
             "It came to me suddenly." She...

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