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Abelard and Héloïse’s love story is often described as passionate and tragic because it is a story of two people who were deeply in love, but whose love was forbidden by society. Abelard was a respected scholar and teacher, while Héloïse was a young woman from a noble family. Their relationship was discovered by Héloïse’s uncle, who had Abelard castrated in order to prevent them from being together.