The Law..is the inherent obverse..of desire,..the internal..obstacle constitutive of desire..and thus ultimately identical to desire itself. ..“Desire is a defence, a prohibition against going beyond a certain limit in jouissance

The prohibition (to marry the Duke) which sustains her desire for him and eternalizes it, elevating it into an absolute, is a defence against the..turmoil of excessive jouissance of the consummated relationship with him. The true Law/ Prohibition is thus not imposed “by virtue and reason,” i.e. by an agency external to itself, but by desire itself – Law IS desire. SLAVOJ ZIZEK http://ift.tt/1JS8bZh