Siren Song Lies and Deceit Quotes

You know we're being deceived if we're warned early on that men can't resist this song and will leap overboard right onto an island of beached skulls. And since they're "forced" to do so, we get the feeling that the speaker is alluding to something that's inherent in all men (and women too?) that prevents them from exercising self-control when hearing the song.

Here's where we get our first taste of flattery and inflation of our egos. By offering us a "secret," the Siren makes us feel special and better equipped than all the rest of the men. So our speaker's flattery is really an ultimate tool for deception.

An even better way to deceive is to "cry for help." We can't help but play the hero here, especially since our speaker tells us we are "unique" and are the only ones who can save her. So the predator-prey duality is completely turned on its head as we become the prey in assuming we are the heroes with "unique" power. Fat chance, gang.