Friedrich Schiller
“The idea of freedom assumed a different form as Schiller advanced in his own development and became a different man. In his youth it was physical freedom that preoccupied him and found its way into his works; in later life it was spiritual freedom,”(Witte). This quote is from one of Schiller’s closest colleagues, Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Goethe is commenting on Schiller’s literary metamorphosis throughout his life. Schiller’s relationships with his family and close friends helped shape the themes that are undoubtedly evident in his works; later in life, under bad health, Schiller was inspired by the works of Immanuel Kant and began to study and later write about philosophy.
Friedrich Schiller was pushed into a military school that was run by a …show more content…
Schiller drew from this rough time in his life writing works such as, “The Battle.” “The Battle” at a first glance is about a battle that is happening between two armies. The poem starts off with the image of a long stretch of men marching at a solemn pace. The column of men is described as heavy and cloudy giving the reader a sense of watching clouds roll through the sky. Schiller goes on to say how the battlefield is like a game to the aristocrats, almost as if they were playing with “iron dice”. Schiller tells of the, “thrilling tone,” that goes’ “through the marrow and bone” referencing the bullets being fired across the field killing whoever is in its path. Later Schiller again references the “iron dice” being thrown by the aristocratic elite choosing the fate of the men in battle. Schiller accounts of the gruesome scene that had lain before him in the military be telling of the men sinking down to one knee then to the earth. The poem tells of the blood from the men encompassing the ground creating a “slippery flood” on the ground making men fall on bodies where they “sleep”. However Schiller relates back to a couplet at the end of each stanza, “Brothers, God
“The idea of freedom assumed a different form as Schiller advanced in his own development and became a different man. In his youth it was physical freedom that preoccupied him and found its way into his works; in later life it was spiritual freedom,”(Witte). This quote is from one of Schiller’s closest colleagues, Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Goethe is commenting on Schiller’s literary metamorphosis throughout his life. Schiller’s relationships with his family and close friends helped shape the themes that are undoubtedly evident in his works; later in life, under bad health, Schiller was inspired by the works of Immanuel Kant and began to study and later write about philosophy.
Friedrich Schiller was pushed into a military school that was run by a …show more content…
Schiller drew from this rough time in his life writing works such as, “The Battle.” “The Battle” at a first glance is about a battle that is happening between two armies. The poem starts off with the image of a long stretch of men marching at a solemn pace. The column of men is described as heavy and cloudy giving the reader a sense of watching clouds roll through the sky. Schiller goes on to say how the battlefield is like a game to the aristocrats, almost as if they were playing with “iron dice”. Schiller tells of the, “thrilling tone,” that goes’ “through the marrow and bone” referencing the bullets being fired across the field killing whoever is in its path. Later Schiller again references the “iron dice” being thrown by the aristocratic elite choosing the fate of the men in battle. Schiller accounts of the gruesome scene that had lain before him in the military be telling of the men sinking down to one knee then to the earth. The poem tells of the blood from the men encompassing the ground creating a “slippery flood” on the ground making men fall on bodies where they “sleep”. However Schiller relates back to a couplet at the end of each stanza, “Brothers, God