IMPORTANT: USE WHOLE BOOK https://archive.org/details/symposium0000plat_v7a5/pag

IMPORTANT: USE WHOLE BOOK https://archive.org/details/symposium0000plat_v7a5/page/n13/mode/1up?view=theater AS THE ONLY SOURCE!!!!
First, Provide a detailed analysis and critical evaluation of the Socrates/Diotima speech in Plato’s Symposium, contrasting it along the way on as many points as possible with each of the preceding speeches. Explain what relevance Socrates’ speech has for understanding his strange relationship with Alcibiades.
– you must supply citations whenever you refer to something in the text and not just when you provide an actual quotation. They do not need to be put in notes, but can be included in the text as (96d-e). USE THE LINK ABOVE ONLY AS SOURCE
– Given your limited space, therefore, you need to be concise and to the point. You must be able to pick out the main points of difficult and long book.
iv) Let me hear your own voice in this essay. Evaluate what you discuss. Make objections and raise questions. In short, engage yourself with the subject matter. The goal of essays in this class is to encourage a deeper and more personal engagement with the material being studied than is otherwise possible.