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What does it mean?
Experiencing passion is depicted as a painful crushing force.
In plain terms
Being passionate feels like being crushed under pressure.
What can you take from it?
Passion can be destructive as well as intense.

Where it applies

  • analyzing literature
  • discussing emotions
  • spiritual guidance

Putting it to work

  • explore character motives
  • discuss intensity
  • analyze metaphors

Questions to consider

  • Is pain part of love?
  • How intense is too intense?

Another view

It portrays passion purely negatively ignoring its creative side.

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