{"id":1407111,"date":"2019-02-21T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1407111"},"modified":"2019-02-15T16:05:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-15T21:05:48","slug":"how-literatures-most-iconic-couples-would-define-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/how-literatures-most-iconic-couples-would-define-love\/","title":{"rendered":"How Literature\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Most Iconic Couples Would Define Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1407113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/classicadaptationsallrankedannak_Slide.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/classicadaptationsallrankedannak_Slide.jpg 701w, https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/classicadaptationsallrankedannak_Slide-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><\/p>\n\n<p>What is love? Philosophers, scientists, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HEXWRTEbj1I\">Eurodance pop artist Haddaway<\/a> have been trying to figure that one out for EONS. Is it a gift? A curse? <a href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/originals\/0a\/06\/45\/0a06457fbb9d47ccf7c54607044226ea.jpg\">A neurochemical con job<\/a>? Something the poets made up? Whatever answer those guys eventually come up with, it will never be able to compete with the wisdom of the following fictional characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is love? Philosophers, scientists, and Eurodance pop artist Haddaway have been trying to figure that one out for EONS. Is it a gift? A curse? A neurochemical con job? Something the poets made up?   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":485,"featured_media":1407113,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[438,628,2335,1055,424,7915,756,171,694,1250],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407111"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/485"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1407113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}