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- W1569398627 abstract "persona and become yet another force that Valmont and Merteuil must protect themselves from. In a speech dissuading Valmont from abandoning her Merteuil desperately evokes death as a manipulation tactic to keep Valmont engaged with her. By the end of her meticulous description of death she has tapped into Valmont's own fear of dying and, therefore, succeeded in persuading Valmont to stay with her and play another game to avoid reality. Throughout the majority of the text Mueller develops a strong tie between the human experience of dying and the act of engaging in sexual intercourse. In her speech to Valmont, Merteuil sensually describes death as tear[ing] the silk from thighs as it heaves itself on top of [her] (110). The correlation between sexual intercourse and death in Quartet demonstrates Valmont and Merteuil's need to flirt with their worst fear, death, and for their everlasting desire for the thrill of orgasmic release. For them, the mere thought of death, however scary it may be, produces a sensation similar to an orgasm. Although Valmont and Merteuil fear death's embrace in their present life as they press up against reality of it, they use death in their make-believe games with one another to get each other off. As Merteuil says to Valmont: there's no man who wouldn't get a hard on at the idea of his own precious flesh passing away (109). Valmont and Merteuil's yearning for orgasmic thrills extends from their basic animal nature. They are paradoxically representations of both bourgeois society, relying on" @default.
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