Imagination & Fantasy Flashcards
(3 cards)
Madeline’s idillic view of the world, preoccupied by the ritual rather than grounded in reality
‘hoodwink’d with faery fancy’
symbol of innocence, only is interested in the fantasy and idea of a man, evident by how Madeline isn’t interested by any men at the party and in reality, Porphyro is no different and when she seeds him she will have a moment of realisation
Keats gothically blending the fantastical with the religious
‘save to st agnes and her lambs unshorn’
-BIBLICAL ALLUSION to Adam and Eve and an ALLUSION to Milton’s Paradise Lost → ideas of the forbidden fruit and how giving in to temptation can bring about a fall from grace
-the ROMANTIC belief that the IMAGINATION itself can bring about fated consequences and can be a powerful tool to transform reality
-the startling change from her fantasy to reality introduces the idea that SOCIETAL EXPECTATIONS oblige women to be in a relationship, despite it not actually being their true desire
-ROMANTIC exploration of the nature of the HUMAN CONDITION - despite us all having the valuable capability to dream and imagine, we are reminded of the limitations of humanity, and how these fantasies will fail to come to fruition in reality
‘Now wide awake, the vision of her sleep, there was a painful change’
