Charles Baudelaire’s Fleurs du mal/ Flowers of Evil
“To the Reader”, “A Carcass”, “Hymn to Beauty”, “The Vampire”, “Invitation to the Voyage”, and “Spleen (I have more memories)” A constant theme that all of these poems share is the narrator’s general negative and pessimistic view of humanity. He is very concerned with good vs. evil, and all that is good he associates with the bliss he finds in nature. All that is evil is attractive and enticing. It is very interesting how he thinks that the devil ultimately controls our actions, and boredom is our ultimate enemy. This is an interesting theory to contemplate because in most cases busy people ultimately don’t have time to think about doing mischievous things. He also points out that what separates
“To the Reader”, “A Carcass”, “Hymn to Beauty”, “The Vampire”, “Invitation to the Voyage”, and “Spleen (I have more memories)” A constant theme that all of these poems share is the narrator’s general negative and pessimistic view of humanity. He is very concerned with good vs. evil, and all that is good he associates with the bliss he finds in nature. All that is evil is attractive and enticing. It is very interesting how he thinks that the devil ultimately controls our actions, and boredom is our ultimate enemy. This is an interesting theory to contemplate because in most cases busy people ultimately don’t have time to think about doing mischievous things. He also points out that what separates