Love Across Time: A Comparative Study of Romantic Expression in 19th-Century and Contemporary Fiction

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The paper is a comparative analysis of Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Ali Hazelwood the Love Hypothesis (2021) as the discussion of how romantic expression has evolved in literature. This paper discusses the manner in which the two authors depict love, adoration and emotional communication in terms of literary devices, including the tone, imagery, language, and symbolism. Through textual evidence in both pieces, we can see how the language of love has changed over the years to become less restrained and more emotive and open as it is in modern romance. The concept of love presented by Austen focuses on the ethical development, small signs and the appropriate values of the society, whereas the concept of love offered by Hazelwood involves the vulnerability, equality and intellectual bonding. In spite of the contrast in tone and expression, the two novels validate the statement that love is a transforming power that defines personal identity and cognization. The results indicate that the description of love in the literature reflects the overall cultural changes in emotional communication and gender relations, which proves that the language evolves, however, the nature of human affection does not.