The Sorrows of Young Werther

the pistols, and Werther took them from him enraptured on hearing that it was Lotte who gave them to him” (Goethe 131). Discuss. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther, intimately follows the life and love of the titular character and culminates in his suicide. Though it is ultimately Werther who pulls the trigger, ending his own life, who is actually responsible for the suicide? Two of the most plausible candidates are Werther and/or Lotte, but the novel ultimately asserts that Werther’s suicide is the culmination of an affliction ultimately out of all the characters’ controls. At times, The Sorrows of Young Werther, appears to present Lotte as Werther’s pseudo-murderer. She…

Frankenstein’s Monster Bibliotherapy In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus, the education of Frankenstein’s Creature comes chiefly from the four books he read: Milton’s Paradise Lost, Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, Plutarch’s Parallel Lives, and Volney’s The Ruins. Reading these books, though increasing the Creature’s knowledge base, has a negative impact on his personality, making him despise the vices of mankind. There are other works that may have changed the…

This paper seeks to investigate the complex ways the epistolary novel informs notions of the self, specifically in regard to Samuel Richardson’s Pamela. To do so, it is imperative to evaluate the forms’ impact on the story it tells. The notions of immediacy and intimacy inherent in the letter form are emphasized here. Locke’s theory of the blank self can be used to explain the creation of Pamela. Finally, Rousseau’s ideas about the creation of the self through reading explore the novel’s…

Frankenstein and Sorrows of the Young Werther: Disastrous Desires In Frankenstein and Sorrows of the Young Werther, Victor and Werther’s misguided desires obstruct their views of reality, and thus their growth. Victor Frankenstein is an overzealous character who, unknowingly, risks his mental sanity to unearth the secrets of life and create a wretched creature. As Victor delves into the deeper mysteries of creation, his sanity begins to dwindle. During this time, Victor gradually skids into a…

In Frankenstein, Nature and science have brought a significant impact onto the characters. The progression of science combined with nature leads to a debacle. With this, there are various effects and roles shown through nature and science. Mary Shelley expresses her message about this. In her times, she was part of the transition from the Enlightenment to the Romanticist age and this led her to composing a story with nature and science competing against each other. From the struggles between the…

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In my story, Small World, I create temporal complexity through the emotions of the main character and the dates of the letters written. For example, “I know what I’ve signed up for but its kids like him that break my heart and raise questions about this war were fighting.” (Winmill 1). Dr. Bones writes all of his worries down in his journal. He is very concerned if he is doing the right thing or not or if he should be doing something else. Literary critic, Janet Gurkin Altman, argues about…

philosophers argued over whether art influenced our emotions too much. Because of that, I hold that we constantly educate ourselves to know emotions are passing mental states. In The Sorrows of Young Werther, the main character, Werther, is heartbroken after he is rejected by the woman he loves. The woman ends up marrying another man and Werther ends up committing suicide because of the heartbreak. When this story was published in Europe, it became controversial due to the fact that many of the…

THE WERTHER EFFECT AND MEDIA IMPACT Many are the reasons that might lead one to commit suicide, including mental illnesses, severe unhappiness and ending suffering. These are motives internal to each specific individual and that affect only themselves. There is, however, an observed phenomenon that not only affects one particular person, but also influences others to act equal or analogously – the Werther Effect. Named after Goethe’s famous work, “The Sorrows of the Young Werther”, the…

that Illych would agree that the insignificance and briefness of life does give human existence beauty and urgency by his regret of his life. The message conveyed in The Death of Ivan Illych is death is ultimately unavoidable; therefore it is of the utmost importance to live a fulfilling life. I.B: In Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s novel The Sorrows of Young Werther, Young Werther’s death is romanticized, with Werther dying for his unrequited love for Lotte. Werther uses a pistol from Albert,…