Pleasure of Emotions

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Pleasure of Emotions

On The Pleasure of Hating by William Hazlitt he reaches out to an audience of the Romance Era in Great Britain to argue his belief that emotions are ever changing (save for the emotion of hatred). Whereas the emotion of hate is therapeutic and everlasting for the human mind. According to Hazlitt his hatred is the result of politics, religions, and the aristocracy of Great Britain. Ultimately, what Hazlitt hates most is that he did not have enough hate.

I believe Hazlitt wrote this piece to reveal the pleasures of hatred is in itself the pleasure of realism, sophistication and self-esteem to his peers of the Romantic Era to point out to them life is not always a soirée and glorious social gathering. In 19th century England, you must remember everything was about socialism. Everyone put on a politically correct face; life's unpleasantries went unspoken. Most all great writers of that time stuck with pleasant subjects such as love, beauty and the spoils of war. I believe Hazlitt said it best with "without something to hate, we should lose the very spring of tho...

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