Editing Love triangle (section)

==In entertainment==
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[[File:P.C. Barua and Jamuna - Bengali version of Devdas (1935).jpg|thumb|upright|Directed by Bengali language film director [[Pramathesh Barua]], [[Devdas (1935 film)|''Devdas'' (1935)]] pivots a tragic love triangle between Devdas, Paro, and Chandramukhi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Devdas {{!}} Indian Cinema - The University of Iowa |url=https://indiancinema.sites.uiowa.edu/devdas |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=indiancinema.sites.uiowa.edu |language=en}}</ref> ]]
Love triangles are a popular theme in entertainment, especially romantic fiction, including [[opera]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ltd |first=Supercool |date=2025-03-21 |title=Love triangles in opera |url=https://wno.org.uk/news/love-triangles-in-opera |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=WNO |language=en}}</ref> [[romance novel]]s,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Grace |first=Adalyn |date=2023-11-29 |title=Electrifying Love Triangles Make These Y.A. Novels Irresistible |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/books/review/young-adult-romance-love-triangle-books.html |access-date=2025-03-22 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> [[soap opera]]s, [[romantic comedy|romantic comedies]], [[manga]], [[tabloid talk shows]], and [[popular music]]. They are a major aspect of [[Indian television drama|Indian television shows]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-08-20 |title=5 Best Hindi TV Shows with unforgettable love triangles: Ishq Mein Marjawan 2 to Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin |url=https://www.pinkvilla.com/tv/news/5-best-hindi-tv-shows-with-unforgettable-love-triangles-ishq-mein-marjawan-2-to-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-1340880 |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=PINKVILLA |language=en}}</ref>

[[List of highest-grossing films|Three of the highest grossing movies of all time]] adjusted for inflation (''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'', ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saab |first=Hannah |last2=Khatter |first2=Hazel |date=2022-07-15 |title=12 Best Romance Movies with a Love Triangle |url=https://collider.com/best-movies-with-a-love-triangle-trope/ |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> and ''[[Doctor Zhivago (film)|Doctor Zhivago]]'') are romantic [[Epic film|epics]] that feature a love triangle at its core. [[Young adult literature]] has seen a rise in the popularity of the love triangle story structure (such as ''[[Twilight (novel series)|Twilight]]'' or ''[[The Selection]]''). But the love triangle story structure has been around since before early classic writers like [[William Shakespeare]] and [[Alexandre Dumas]]. Shakespeare's famous play ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' featured a love triangle between Juliet, Romeo, and Paris. Although more subtle, Dumas's classics ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' and ''[[The Three Musketeers]]'' also feature love triangles strong enough to seek revenge and start a war.

Bengali writer [[Bankim Chandra Chatterjee|Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay]]'s 1865 novel ''[[Durgeshnandini]]'' also follows a love triangle between Jagat Singh (a [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] General), Tilottama (the daughter of a Bengali feudal lord), and Ayesha (the daughter of a rebel Pathan leader against whom Jagat Singh was fighting).

In television shows, a love triangle is often prolonged, delaying final declarations of love between the pursued character and suitors that may prematurely end this dynamic or displease fans. Love triangles also featured prominently on [[soap operas]], and can span more than a decade, as shown by [[Taylor Hamilton]], [[Ridge Forrester]] and [[Brooke Logan]] on ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'', or between [[Luke Spencer]], [[Laura Spencer (General Hospital)|Laura Spencer]], and [[Scotty Baldwin]] on ''[[General Hospital]]''. 

Warned of a love triangle by one of his prospective partners, [[Albert Einstein]] conceded to her that "You have more respect for the difficulties of triangular geometry than I, old mathematicus, have."<ref>Quoted in W. Isaacson, ''Einstein'' (2007) p. 361</ref>