Context Flashcards
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nature
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- romantic view of ‘sublime nature’ page 210
= in awe yet threat of nature - Edmund burke said natural world inspires simultaneous fear and admiration
= pathway to spiritual and emotional truth - nature acts as a judge and sanctuary
= confronts inner turmoil and guilt - Rousseau ‘Age Enlightenment’= society has corrupting effect on innocence of child
= rejected science and reason
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human nature
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- Rousseau ‘Nobel savage’ concept
= humans are born ‘tabula rasa’ which is latin for ‘black slate’
= have innate goodness which is ‘tarnished’ by superficial and corrupting influence of society - romantic view to follow passions and emotions instead of reason= must follow desire
- wanted a ‘state of nature’ that’s guided by empathy and innate goodness
= Rousseau’s 1762 novel ‘Emile’ backed this
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gothic literature
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- uncanny popularised by Freud 1919= gothic trope as C is familiar yet different page 58= almost alien that it life and death
- galvanism became popular 1790s= template set by Horace Walpole was developed by Anne Radcliffe’s famous novel
‘The Mysteries of Udolpho’ reflects new interest in dark and uncontrollable parts of the mind
= known as ‘tales of terror’ with wild landscapes, forbidden desires and isolation/ trapped= night and darkness
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biblical allusions
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- victor creating ‘the evil influence, the angel of death asserted omnipotent sway over me’
= mystical allusion to Abbadon= god of death who oversees devastation of earth - V as ‘fallen angel’ 214
= reference to John Milton 1667 Paradise Lost
= satan was an angel but rebelled against god
= banished from heaven and created hell - Adam and Eve gave into desire and temptation
= driven dn forced out of paradise
