Dialectics: Love and Responsibility in "Once"

The other day in class, we watched the movie "Once." It was a very cute film with a lot of artistic and meaningful shots in it. One of the main themes in this movie was love. There were many different types of love, such as familial, romantic, friendly, and sometimes even forced. I think that this "forced" love came about because of a crossing of love and responsibility. One of the main characters in "Once" was a married woman who had a daughter, but often had problems with her husband and lived far away from him. During the movie, she fell in romantic love with a man who wasn't her husband, but felt a responsibility to her daughter to remain married to her husband. I felt like this type of love was forced because she was only staying with her husband because it was the "responsible" thing to do. If she had been following her heart and went with the type of love that would have made her happiest, she probably would have ended up with the man she was romantically in love with. When love and responsibility are both considered in making a decision, one will usually prevail.