Motif
paired contrasting interlocutors
paired_contrasting_interlocutors
A motif of the Duality and Cosmic Opposition family, within the sub-family Counterpart figures, shadows, and divine personifications. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Republic The Republic / THE REPUBLIC / INTRODUCTION AND ANALYSIS.; lines 509-573 confidence: high
After Thrasymachus is silenced, Glaucon and Adeimantus appear as the two principal respondents; the passage compares the introduction to three actors in Greek tragedy.
Glaucon and Adeimantus are introduced together as principal respondents, initially likened to one another but then distinguished by contrasting temperaments and argumentative roles.
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