![]() Both Kleist and Goethe harbored suicidal thoughts stemming from their respective love lives. Kleist and Goethe occupy this section of the essays. Süskind then proceeds to relate love and death. The first example is used to illustrate "animal love", the second used to illustrate "delusion" or "frenzy", and the third used to illustrate ideal, "Platonic love." Süskind then analyzes these examples in terms of Plato's philosophy. ![]() The third example is an account of German poet Thomas Mann and his infatuation with a young waiter named Franzl. The second example centers around a dinner party attended by Süskind, during which a couple fawn over each other and ignore the rest of the dinner guests. The first example involves Süskind bearing witness to a couple having oral sex during a traffic jam. ![]() Süskind begins by describing differing views of love, and then elaborates using a combination of personal anecdotes, brief biographies of historical figures such as Heinrich von Kleist, and mythological stories of love. ![]() On Love and Death is a collection of essays written by Patrick Süskind concerning the connection between "the two elemental forces of human existence." Summary ![]()
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