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Anonymous Mon Oct 26 17:33:26 2015 No.7286171 [Reply] [Original]

Are there any books that explore the archetype of the unattainable woman? Is there a parallel archetype in literature for women, like an unattainable man? what are the characteristics?

e.g. Remedios the beauty from 100 Years of Solitude

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 17:35:55 2015 No.7286183 Remedios was attainable, but she was never really given the chance to be attained. Her aunt was always watching her over her shoulder, protecting her virginity and innocence.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 17:37:06 2015 No.7286189 Anything on Artemis.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 17:38:52 2015 No.7286195 beta9K has destroyed this board. It's gone.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 21:31:29 2015 No.7287350 bump

Anonymous Mon Oct 26 21:34:33 2015 No.7287363
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>>7286171
In Cupid/Eros and Psyche, Eros is somewhat unattainable. Psyche can't look at his face.

Though eventually he is and Union is found.

Check it out, it's a beautiful story.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 02:17:06 2015 No.7288554 File: 9 KB, 250x250, Bloom Giggle.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] My diary tbh fam.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 02:18:34 2015 No.7288560 Freud

Anonymous Tue Oct 27 02:32:07 2015 No.7288588

>>7286171
The book I'm working on. This isn't the central point of the book, but there is a beautiful young female character who several of the male characters consider unattainable. In reality she doesn't have exceptionally high standards or some sort of vendetta against men/relationships, and the reason she doesn't get with anyone is entirely circumstantial.

In The Road, the mans' wife is unattainable because she doesn't want to live in the world he's ready to endure, even though they loved each other.

Women try and fail to possess Slothrop throughout Gravity's Rainbow, and Roger Mexico never feels he has fully obtained Jessica for his own.

>>7287363
seconded
>>7286195
bitching about frogposting is worse than frogposting

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 02:36:05 2015 No.7288596 >>7286171 seems like it should be one of the central themes in literature, but I can't think of an example par excellance Kierkegaard's career. The pain reaches a fever pitch in several of his books.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 02:45:19 2015 No.7288617 >>7286171 Manon Lescaut. Story of the ultimate betacuck.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 13:22:40 2015 No.7290255 File: 23 KB, 300x460, silk.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The Japanese girl from pic related >inb4 the film was shit Haven't seen it, but I imagine it was

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