Yet even in our modern age we must agree that Sappho is simply right when she suggests that the ultimate goal of life is to seek, in search of happiness and truth, and hold on to what you love. Sappho also describes certain romantic interactions as "bittersweet", escaping this idea of ​​pleasure first, followed by pain. "Eros, the limb-melter (now again) excites me - sweet, bitter, unmanageable creature that seeps." (Puchner) From a distance, this fragment reveals so much truth that even after thousands of years, the concept still holds true. Most of us have all been in some form of relationship where everything starts out great, life couldn't be better, but then everything shatters and falls apart, leaving you feeling all the pain and heartbreak that comes with love and desire. Plato's view of love is very similar to Sappho's works, while adding more dimensions. In The Symposium, which reads like a post-modern text, Plato stands out from the work itself, delivering numerous messages through several characters, all based on real people. It is through these characters that Plato establishes a narrative framework into which you, as a reader, are drawn deeper and deeper..