Shelley

Question 1

Highlight the 2 main factors of Shelley’s life

Answer 1

1: Expelled from Oxford due to his pamphlet against Christianity
2: ran away in Italy

Question 2

What is the big idea behind Shelley’s themes?

Answer 2

Ode to the west wind(destroyer, anti-conventional, freedom. He was alienated and wanted a “wind” to destroy and ricreate society from the ground up. It became too materialistic

Question 3

How would you go about his poetry?

Answer 3

Nothing revolutionary. He just follows the convention about believing in the power of imagination used to create new words

Question 4

What is the big idea behind Shelley’ conception of nature?

Answer 4

Remember Virgilio & Wordsworth. He is a mixture. He states that it is not the real world. It is a veil over the real world of the inner+he believes in what was shared by Wordsworth first: nature is a peace of joy and tranquility for man. SHELLEY BIG ADVOCATE OF THE REFUGE

Question 5

What are the three main poet’s tasks?

Answer 5

He is a PROPHET more than just a teacher(meaning he has connection with the universal truths of life and existence), tradition against anti conventional

TITAN: he challenge the cosmos

He want to reach an IDEAL NEW WORLD OF FREEDOM