Motif
Possessive lover harms the beloved
possessive_lover_harms_the_beloved
A motif of the Sacred Love and Longing family, within the sub-family Jealousy and Rivalry. 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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Phaedrus Phaedrus / PHAEDRUS / INTRODUCTION.; lines 154-206 confidence: high
Socrates argues for the advantages of the non-lover and describes the lover as isolating, depriving, intruding upon, and eventually abandoning the beloved as an enemy.
The lover is described as isolating and depriving the beloved, then becoming an enemy when love ceases.
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