For Frost, what do ‘fire’ and ‘ice’ stand for? Here are some ideas: greed, avarice, cruelty, lust, conflict, fury, intolerance, rigidity, insensitivity, coldness, indifference, hatred
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Source: TextbookFor Frost, “fire” represents the intense, passionate emotions like lust, greed, and fury, while “ice” symbolizes coldness, indifference, and hatred. He suggests that both extreme passion and severe coldness in human nature—whether through burning desire or freezing indifference—can lead to our downfall.
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