Death Flashcards
Mortality (thesis)
Realisation of death can revitalise our goals
Mortality starting poem + analysis
Keats envisions autumn as a transitional season between abundance and decay. As the composer succumbs to TB, he realises that we should learn to live in the present and not be worried about our future. This is is seen through,’Think not of them thous hast thy music too.’
Mortality second point (poem)
Similarly Keats’ nihilistic and perspective on death calms his angst and anticipated death. This is seen through,”Till fame and nothingness do sink.’The verb do exemplifies that though Keats feels pressured to attain his dream of being successful, death provides him freedom from his anxieties.
Mortality conclusion point (poem)
Keats claims that death is inevitable and although it seems macabre it is beautiful, transformative,’or by cyder-press’ and part of the natures life cycle. Keats encourages the reader to focus on their happiness and in doing so himself he parallels the nature of his relationship with Fanny which was short but beautiful.
Jane’s pov on mortality
Jane Campion in the final scenes portrays tree branches filled with snow to show the arrival of winter. Winter being the season of death is illustrated by the dark hues imbued throughout the cold bleak landscape. By highlighting anticipated Winter, the composer affirms that time is ineluctable and death is inevitable.
Janes pov on death
What does she reject about death
However she rejects the idea the romanticised beauty of death conveyed in To Autumn. This is seen through Toots,”And don’t come back,there’s no Autumn around here,’ and the non-diegetic sounds stops creating a dramatic effect. Campion suggests that life is transient metaphorically through butterflies. And it is through life’s finitude demonstrated by the extreme closeup of the tattered butterfly wings that is unbearable to humans. This is evidenced by Fanny’s visceral reaction upon hearing Keats death. The chiaroscuro effect created by the dark lighting as she sits at the staircase evokes pathos for Fanny which Campion uses to depict the harsh reality of death on those left behind. Campion could have chosen to focus on the effect on death on those left behind as a consequence of losing her son Jasper (1993) according to The Guardian(2014)