tragic victim

Question 1

‘they passed the water…

Answer 1

into a forest quiet for slaughter.’ - XXVII

Question 2

‘Poor girl! Put on thy stifling widow’s weed..

Answer 2

AND scape at once from Hopes accursed bands.’ - XXIX

Question 3

‘She weeps alone

Answer 3

for pleasures not to be.’ - XXX

Question 4

‘So sweet Isabel..

Answer 4

By gradual decay from Beauty fell,’ - XXXII

Question 5

‘noted the continual shower..

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From her dead eyes and many a curious elf’ - LVII

Question 6

‘For isabella, sweet Isabel, will die..

Answer 6

a death too lone and incomplete’ - LXI

Question 7

‘Melodious..

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chuckle.’ LX!!

Question 8

‘To setal my basil-pot

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away from me!’ X2 - LXII

Question 9

so the brothers..

Answer 9

and their murdered man - XXVII

Question 10

they could

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not x3

Question 11

and with sick bringing..

Answer 11

all the night outwear

Question 12

to kill Lorenzo

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and there bury him

Question 13

there was lorenzo

Answer 13

slain and buried in

Question 14

because Lorenzo came not.

Answer 14

oftentimes…

Question 15

How could we see Lorenzo as a tragic victim?

Answer 15

-one of the only male characters shown to be respectful and considerate
-their love for each other was entirely genuine and not superficial which makes it more tragic
-Lorenzo was innocent and only had good intentions, making him a tragic victim without a hamartia
-blurry between victim and villain as if he did not return to her in a dream, she may have been able to grieve and move on without her obsession

Question 16

How could we see Isabella as a tragic victim?

Answer 16

-juxtaposition “fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel” has two contrasting ideas. Indicates she is innocent and vulnerable thus could be taken advantage of or hurt easily. May also suggest there will be two conflicting tones which could transcend into conflicting life and death; health and sickness; love and hate
-her brothers, the villains, ruefully take away her love and happiness through murdering Lorenzo and taking away the basil pot. She “died in drowsy ignorance” before she physically died
-could be argued that she is presented as the tragic femme fatale

Question 17

How does their death go against tragic norms?

Answer 17

-it was not caused by a fatal flaw. Perhaps their tragic death and inability to carry out their love was constructed as a product of Keat’s cynical outlook on society and how, in a cruel world, love itself is seen as a hamartia
-his idea that sustainable love does not exist may be reflected here