Love as the Phenomenal Power in Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles

Abstract

Love is a phenomenal force that activates almost all the living beings in the planet earth. Lover is colour blind, race blind as well as gender blind. Robert Sternberg developed the Triangular theory of love to show the components in which it is composed of. The theory is applied to same sex love couple Achilles and Patroclus in Madeline Miller’s The Song of Achilles. This paper shows that the love between Achilles and Patroclus is beyond gender and they comprises Sternberg’s all threepassion, intimacy and commitment until their death.