letter ii Flashcards
1
Q
‘i have no friend’
A
consequences of ambition?
hates solitude and the desire for a companion is human nature
horrors of isolation
not interested in affection; he wants another person who is exactly like him. his conception of friendship is someone who is identical to him in essence so that he can get encouragement and sympathy. He views people only as a means to an end. there is an accumulating critique of the romantic male identity.
2
Q
‘there is something at work in my soul, which i do not understand’
A
something driving him which is more than just ambition
