Motif
attempted restraint increases destructive anger
attempted_restraint_increases_destructive_anger
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Rage in Conflict and Battle. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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roman
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid, Books I-VII EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION. / EXPLANATION.; lines 5454-5504 confidence: medium
Cadmus, Athamas, and other friends rebuke Pentheus and try in vain to restrain him.
The narrative says admonition makes Pentheus more violent and compares his fury to a torrent made more violent by obstruction.
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