romance

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, by Frank Dicksee, considered to be the archetypal romantic couple, depicting the play's iconic balcony scene Romance and romantic love encompass a number of ideas about love, which are interrelated for historical and cultural reasons: * passionate feelings of attraction—a mental state of "being in love", with focused attention (salience) towards a specific individual for courtship or pair bonding; * the cultural practice or idealization of initiating intimate relationships for feelings like these, over more practical or ordinary concerns; * a relationship or love affair initiated or maintained this way, which may be premarital or absent a commitment; and * a love story involving these elements. In psychology, romantic love is considered to be a motivation or drive, which is distinct from (but related to) the concept of attachment. The terms romance and romantic love are used with multiple definitions, which can be contradictory at times.…

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