Parallels between Plato Symposium (Ancient Text) and (Contemporary Song) by The White Stripes
ltc-admin, 2015-03-13 12:47
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A white stripes song about a guy who looks to go and fool around with a girl. he thinks that he has her conquered but she turns the tables on him. similar to Plato and Alcibiades in the symposium. Alcibiades is upset because he was once the beloved of Socrates and now he is the lover, while Socrates has taken a shining to Agathon.
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Conquest-
He was out to make a conquest
Didn’t care what harm was done
Just as long as he won
The prize
Conquest-
She was just another conquest
Didn’t care whose heart was broke
Love to him was a joke
’til he looked into her eyes
And then in the strange way things happen
The roles were reversed from that day
The hunted became the huntress
The hunter became the prey
Conquest-
Now you know who made the conquest
She, with all her female guile
Led him helpless down the aisle
She had finally made a conquest
Ahh ahh ahh ahhhhh [x4]
Oooh oooooohh oohhhh
And then in the strange way things happen
The roles were reversed from that day
The hunted became the huntress
The hunter became the prey
Conquest-
Now you know who made the conquest
She, with all her female guile
Led him helpless down the aisle
She had finally made a conquest
Ahhhhh
Conquest
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Conquest