Love is invariable; not only the god, but also the emotion itself. There are similarities between Carver's tale and Plato's work where not all relationships were the same. Since love also exists in different forms, it supports both homo and heterosexual relationships found in Plato's work. Another form of love is found in Greek mythology, as expressed by Aristophanes, where the idea of soul mates originates from these two beings who had two sets of body parts connected together, constituting a variation of mixtures between the three sexes . The two people started out as one, but their power was too strong so the gods had to separate them, hence the idea of seeking one's other half (Plato 25-28). There are older men pursuing younger men, as discussed in this symposium, where the older man would act as a mentor or guide to the other. They were discouraged from showing any signs of pleasure they might have felt from the less experienced partner. These same-sex relationships were viewed with more respect because women were seen as mentally inferior to men, so by men desiring other men, it meant their relationships were thwarted by an intelligent partner. Pausanias believed in two types of love; celestial, meaning physical and mental attraction, and common. Heavenly love is related to not having relationships with younger guys who are “younger than the age at which intelligence begins to form” (Plato 14), while ordinary love was considered a negative form because it was someone “ That
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