Please provide short written responses to the following:

1. Analyze Ibn Hazm's concept of love in the selections of his The Ring of the Dove. According to Ibn Hazm, what is love? What are its signs? What causes love?

2. Compare Ibn Hazm's concept of love with that of Andreus Capellanus's Treatise on Courtly Love.

3. What do we learn about the socio-cultural situation of this period in the history of Al-Andalus from Hazm's work? How would you describe the tone of the work and why?