chapter 2.7 Flashcards
‘sorrows of werter’
man caught in love triangle
listens to emotions over reason which leads to him killing himself
can’t let go of the woman
‘the path of my departure was free’
emotional development
loneliness
no one would care if he wasn’t here
‘i considered satan the fitter emblem of my condition’
envious of everyone
they fit in
sees himself as incredibly evil
‘my odious and loathsome person’
internalised others opinions
‘satan had his companions, fellow devils to admire and encourage him; but i am solitary and abhorred’
his appearance causes his isolation
even the devil wasn’t as hated or lonely as him
‘but where was mine? he had abandoned me, and in the bitterness of my heart i cursed him’
victor isn’t god - tried to play god
the creature’s dream is to have friends
‘i am an outcast in the world forever’
draws parallels with paradise lost
‘a fatal prejudice clouds their eyes’
people can’t see past the creature’s appearance
dangers of othering people
‘to whose knees i clung’
vulnerable
has no one
childlike
