love (overcome challenges)

love is a virtue but can blind characters

adam and eve’s love triumph challenges / edward and gaveston do not survive

isabella has an unreciprocated love for edward

isabella’s love for eiii is not enough

loyalty between satan, sin and death (familial love)

god’s love for humanity is the only love that survives

• idea of tempering justice w mercy is a long standing renaissance tradition, seen in works like m4m

love for country - mortimer

adam’s love for god

eiii’s love for father and vice versa triumphs