La Belle Dam Sans Merci - Keats Flashcards
Who is considered to be the Tragic Hero? Why?
The Knight - he experiences a ‘disastrous downfall’ after meeting the faery child, leaving him in a limbic condition.
How can the faery be considered as a tragic victim?
She could have not wanted the Knights attention, he misunderstood and to protect her self she takes action
What is the faery considered to be?
A Femme Fatal, the Tragic Villain - she manipulated and enchanted the knight, leading him to his down fall
What is a Femme Fatal?
A seductive, attractive woman who actively causes disaster/distress to a man who get involved with her
How can the reader infer that the Knight fell from a high position?
Through his title - implies nobility
Causes the tragedy to increase, creates pathos
How does LBDSM have a tragic ending?
The cyclical structure symbolises endless suffering and room for no hope for the Knight
No Resolution
What form is LBDSM?
A Ballad from Romantic Period
The poem is written in iambic..
tetrameter so causes the poem to flow
What do the rhyme and rhythm mirror?
The way the Knight was lured by the Faery
What is a key piece of structure included?
The Cyclical Structure
alone and…
palely loitering
the sedge has…
withered from the lake and no birds sing
her eyes were…
I shut her…
wild
wild, wild eyes
she looked at me…
as she did love
in language strange…
she said - I love thee true
Ah! Woe…
Betide!
I saw…
pale Kings and princes too
La Belle Dam Sans Merci…
The hath in thrall!
on the…
cold hillside
And thats why..
I sojourn here alone and palely loitering
When did Keats write LBDSM?
1819 - when he was dying from TB
What idea is portrayed through the Ballad form?
Negative Capability - the ability to contemplate the world without having to use logic and reason
What method doe Keats use to suggest that death is near?
Pathetic Fallacy
‘no birds sing’
‘harvest done’
‘cold hillside ‘
Cyclical structure
What AoT are present?
Suffering Loss of identity Anagnorisis Tragic Hero / Victim Hamartia
