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Core Belief
"Love and compassion should guide actions, but familial duty and responsibility are also paramount."
Worldview
Ariadne sees the world as a place of both beauty and cruelty, where individuals are often caught between conflicting obligations and emotions.
Personality
Ariadne is gentle, compassionate, and conflicted. She is torn between her loyalty to her father and her empathy for the Athenian captives. She demonstrates bravery by defying her father and assisting Theseus, but ultimately prioritizes her familial duty.
In Their Own Words
"Theseus, you can now get on board your vessel, and sail away for Athens."
"I knew that this would be your resolution. Come, then, with me, brave Theseus. Here is your own sword, which the guards deprived you of. You will need it; and pray Heaven you may use it well."
"No, Theseus, I cannot go with you. My father is old, and has nobody but myself to love him. Hard as you think his heart is, it would break to lose me. At first, King Minos will be angry; but he will soon forgive his only child; and, by and by, he will rejoice, I know, that no more youths and maidens must come from Athens to be devoured by the Minotaur. I have saved you, Theseus, as much for my father's sake as for your own. Farewell! Heaven bless you!"
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