Essay2-Werther
1. Werther says “ That the life of man is but a dream is a thought which has occurred to many people, and I myself am constantly haunted by it” at the beginning of the letter written on May 22. What is he trying to tell us, we people everywhere? If Werther also see the life of man as a dream, does his dream of life have any difference from others’?
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Young Werther is trying to tell us that life is unreal, full of uncertainties, and no hopes, do not have any expectation on it. { when I see how all human activity is directed toward procuring satisfaction for needs that have no other purpose than prolonging our miserable existence }
Werther does not live in the real world. He always daydreams and escapes from the real. In his inner self, there is a world, belonging to himself. He is much happier in his world because there is not anything that he does not like.
2. How does Werther think of children? Why does he think that the happiest people in the world are like children ?
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Children are innocent. They do everything by nature. They do not worry about anything in the world. They are always happy so Werther thinks that the happiest people in the world are like children.
3. What kind of person does Werther think he is? What are the characteristics of the youngWerther you learn from the letter on May 22?
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I think Werther is very disgusting, sick and sensible. He always talks the nonsense and hides after his daydreams and does not face the real. He thinks a lot and also talks a lot. He easily becomes sad and upset. He is a very strange man.
ESSAY-
1.In Canto V of Inferno, those who are indulged in lust are sent to the second circle of hell, including Semiramis, Dido, Cleopatra, Helen, Achilles, Paris, Tristan, Francesca and Paolo. Choose ONE of the sinners lost in lust. Explain why Dante puts him/her into hell.
Paris, the prince of Troy, took Helen, the queen of Sparta, away from her husband. Helen was a the most beautiful woman in the world. Paris was not her husband but he had her and that was not accepted. It’s kind of incest. Paris wanted Helen and she didn’t refuse him so that was lust from Dante’s book.
2. Why is Dante moved to tears after Francesca’s description of love and why does he finally fall “as a dead body falls” after her personal account of her intimate relationship with Paolo?
He was touched by their love. He couldn’t believe there was kinds of love like that. And he fell as a dead body falls because he could not stand the description.
3. From Dante’s presentation of Francesca and Paolo, we are encouraged to consider the place of moral responsibility in depictions of love, sex, and violence in our own day.
We can certainly discuss music, television, movies, and advertising (as well as literature) in these terms.
Who is more (or less) responsible and therefore accountable for unacceptable attitudes and behavior in society: the creators and vehicles of such messages or the consumers and audiences?
I think it’s the consumers and audiences. They need to take the responsibility because the creators and vehicles make things from what the audiences and consumers like and want. They need to make money so they have no choices, or they can not survive in this world. If consumers and audiences are not interested in those topics, then there will be no those in society.
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