The absence of love in the beloved, secrets and lies Love is undoubtedly the most powerful emotion possessed by humanity; it is the impalpable bond that allows individuals to connect and understand each other. Pure love is directly related to divinity. Without love, happiness and prosperity become unattainable goals. An individual who possesses all the desired superficial objects in the world finds himself alone without the presence of love. For centuries, love has amazed all who dare to encounter it. Countless books and poems have been written to explain the phenomenon of love, but love surpasses all intellectual explanations and discussions. Love is not a definition, but rather a thought, an idea. This idea, the idea of ​​love, burns inside all of us. Instinctively, every soul on Earth is addicted to love. An addiction, which if not satisfied will contribute to the downfall of an individual in a society. If you are not loved, or are not loved, you cannot thrive in a society where love is an essential ingredient for joy and happiness. Love produces healthy relationships which in return produce healthy and safe environments for all its participants. Love allows for the connection of two people; it is love that completes an individual. In Toni Morrison's Beloved and the film Secrets and Lies, incomplete characters are illustrated and analyzed. The incompleteness of these characters is the result of the absence of love. In the text of Beloved and Secrets and Lies, Sethe and Cynthia are characters whose roles describe the sad outcome of an individual unable to possess love in its purist form. Sethe or Cynthia cannot express love properly because neither was loved as a child. Only…half of the card…induces his brother. Cynthia is evidently terribly affected by the dearth of love in her life. Morris later explains that his sister is a victim of someone "who didn't get any love". (Secrets and Lies) Love is the controlling factor in every individual's life, and as illustrated in the novel Beloved and the film Secrets and Lies, love is not always pleasant. The characters in both texts find themselves unable to express love and thus destroy several potential healthy relationships. Love as a whole can be considered divine just as easily as it can be considered evil. Sometimes the idea of ​​love gets lost somewhere, and those who cannot find an alternative source of emotions, have to endure the pain and suffering of a life without love. Bibliography Morrison, Toni. Beloved. New York: Penguin Group, 1987. “Secrets and Lies”