Motif
postmortem continuation of mortal obsession
postmortem_continuation_of_mortal_obsession
A motif of the Restless Dead, Haunting, and Vengeance family. 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 5286-5376 confidence: high
His last words include “Ah, youth, beloved in vain!” and “Farewell!”; after death, he looks at himself “in the Stygian waters.”
After being received into the infernal abodes, the youth still looks at himself in the Stygian waters.
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