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| bettelheim's wound : jack's romantic relationships carry the overtone of bettelheim's wound, the internal wound, the fear that nobody can love him, the same fear of dante and king shahryar : jack's quest and duty interferes with his ability to love and be loved, so his heroic unequivocal nature impedes the healing of the wound until the end when he is ready, even wanting, to die, his final healing is a self attainment, of peace, as with dante and the king |
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