The Imagery of a “Man in Love”-“Metaphysics of Love”
Schopenhauer elucidates, “On the other hand, take a man who is very much in love; if he cannot have his love returned he is content simply with possession. Compulsory marriages and cases of seduction corroborate this, for a man whose love is not returned frequently finds consolation in giving handsome presents to a woman, in spite of her dislike, or making other sacrifices, so that he may buy her favour.” One-sided affection does not distress a gentleman who is categorically love-struck. Such a man would be gratified with having the lover in his life notwithstanding the circumstance that the lover may not be correspondingly love-struck with him. The overpriced presents are positioned as baits to stimulate a woman’s Eros. Menfolk who bid overpriced offerings to their women trust in the commodification of love.
The Imagery of Voluntary Suicide -“Suicide”
Schopenhauer describes, “And we find that suicide was actually praised by the Stoics as a noble and heroic act, this is corroborated by hundreds of passages, and especially in the works of Seneca. Further, it is well known that the Hindoos often look upon suicide as a religious act, as, for instance, the self-sacrifice of widows, throwing oneself under the wheels of the chariot of the god at Juggernaut, or giving oneself to the crocodiles in the Ganges or casting oneself in the holy tanks in the temples, and so on. It is the same on the stage—that mirror of life. For instance, in the famous Chinese play, L'Orphelin de la Chine,almost all the noble characters end by suicide, without indicating anywhere or it striking the spectator that they were committing a crime.” The instances above validate that the suicidal personalities willingly dismiss their existences. Suicidal determinations are based on idiosyncratic statuses which oblige persons to conclude that their survivals are not material.
