Troubadour Poetry, Slavoj Žižek, and Buñuel’s “That Obscure Object of Desire” reponse

 Troubadour's poetry brought to light the paradoxical complexity of love and desire. This quote in the poem summarizes the underlying theme in all three things we cover this week, “my pain is beautiful, this pain is worth more than any pleasure, and since I find this bad so good, how good the good will be when this suffering is done." in Zizec's essay he discusses masochism in one passage " The  Masochistic Theatre of Courtly Love" his views on this stuck with me. We all desire something knowing very well it is consuming us and inflicting emotional agony. Wanting it to stop but running  back for more. We tell our selves it’s all a part of the game and it will get better, if we endure it a little bit longer. The worst part about it is we like this pain; it makes people feel alive, like without this pain love couldn't be real. The pain is the only sign that love isn't just a dream. 

    At one point in the essay Zizec defines masochism “...violence is never carried out, brought to its conclusion it always remains suspended as the endless repeating of an interrupted gesture" this thought directly relates to Mathieu's tumultuous relationship with Conchita. The two actresses who played Conchita each represented different sides of this one character. She was innocent and thoughtful on one side, and a manipulative seductive vixen on the other. Her innocence drew him in and her seduction kept him at bay.  Mathieu desired Conchita so much,even when he had opportunities to leave but went back and was willing to endure his self inflicted pain. He allowed her to emotionally beat up his heart. Never allowing him to satisfy his thirst for her, Conchita had complete control of him; his desire took away his free will. Mathieu was suspended. He waited idly by for his suffering to end so he could feel how " good the good [would] be."