Love and Hate. Are they so opposite?

<Tab/>We are all too familiar with the similarities between the supposed opposites, good and bad, but very few stop to examine the thin line existing between love and hate. "The truth is simple: only LOVE can conquer HATE, not some attempt to fight fire with fire or stand in a corner and wait for a promised heaven if we're good little boy and girls and eat our vegetables" (Campion).
<Tab/>My favorite book is The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, in which love and hate are two issues that appear indistinguishable at times. In this story, Hester wears a scar…