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doomed lovers

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(idea) by Quizro (2.7 mon) (print)   ?   (I like it!) Wed Feb 02 2000 at 22:51:32

A motif that has been explored many times in art and literature, that of two people whose love ends in tragedy (usually death). Examples would be Hero and Leander, Lancelot and Guinevere, Romeo and Juliet, and Tristan and Isolde.

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