Transience of Love

Question 1

1st Idea + analysis (poem)

Answer 1

Keats wants to keep his relationship with Fanny permanent like the stedfast Brightstar. This is conveyed through deifying the star an attribute of Romantic Pantheism. However, Keats rejects the loneliness of the star and this could be because TB isolated him from his lover.

Question 2

2nd idea + analysis

Answer 2

John Keats concludes being in love is better than having loved. This is conveyed in,Ode on a Grecian urn where Keats immortalises their love,’Bold lover, never never canst thou kiss.’

Question 3

Jane’s pov

Answer 3

BrightStar the film through dissonances elucidates the power of being in love juxtaposed to having loved. Fanny is continuously framed by window or positioned on the verge of rooms or restrained by walls. This is to emphasise the misery they are in when they are apart. Contrary to when they are together their happier, shown through the blooming bluebells, Fanny wears loose customing and the intimate closeup of Keats tracing Fanny’s hand illustrates Keats pursuit of a high romance becomes a tangible entity. This helps him break away from the fears of mortal constrain.

Question 4

Campions message

Answer 4

Campion reveals that appreciating the joys that life offers such as being in love is better than just having loved as love can alleviate some of our fears.