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Were she indeed careless of Aminta's devotion we could easily sympathize with her when she brushes aside Dafne's importunity with the words: as Tasso himself styled it that conventional mask so bitterly contrasted with the natural goodness of the age of gold .
Suffice it to add here that Dafne's suggestion, that modesty is commonly but a veil for lust, is nothing more than the cynical expression of the attitude adopted throughout the play. Love is no ideal and idealizing emotion, but a mere gratification of the senses a luxuria scarcely distinguishable from gula. Ignorance can alone explain an attitude of indifference towards its pleasures.
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