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In six pages this paper examines the concept of narcissism and how it is influenced by experiences and socialization and how it, in turn, influences choices and love relationships. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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self-awareness. However, taken to an extreme, with the preoccupation of self becoming an obsession or compulsion, there can be serious and even deadly consequences. Take the ancient Greek
myth of Narcissus, for example. The son of Leiriope, the blue nymph, she consulted the blind oracle Teiresias when her son was a baby to find out if he
would live to old age. Teiresias cryptically replied, "Yes, if he does not come to know himself" (Quoted in Hamilton 21). Narcissus grew into a physically desirable young
man but because of his "stubborn pride in his beauty," his love affairs always ended badly (Hamilton 21). One day while pausing near a stream after quenching his thirst,
Narcissuss eyes happened upon a "beautiful reflection," with which he immediately became mesmerized, blissfully unaware that it was his own image that captivated him (Hamilton 23). He reached out
to touch the object of his passion, but could not. Narcissus pondered "how he could endure both to possess and yet not to possess" (Hamilton 23). He pined
away for this elusive love he could see but never touch and in his fury and frustration he masochistically beat himself (Hamilton 24). Soon, his youth was gone and
in his devastation over this unrequited love, Narcissus plunged a dagger deep within his aching heart and uttered as his last words, "Ah youth, beloved in vain, farewell!" (Quoted in
Hamilton 25) This myth suggests the ancient Greeks feared that excessive love might be the undoing of their society, which is ironic considering they reveled in their own social superiority
and intellect. But narcissism is a double-edged sword as both Narcissus and ancient Greece discovered - it can propel one to attempt greatness but it can also narrow focus
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