La Belle Flashcards
1
Q
John Keats
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1795-1821
Awkward around women
Saw them as inconsistent
2
Q
Typicality
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Promiscuity seen as sinful and dangerous
Keat’s own distrust of women
Romantic period
Knight, prince and king - strong and powerful but women reduce him to nothing
3
Q
Structure
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Traditional folk ballad
Broken into 12 quatrains
Natural imagery
Fairy tale themes
ABCB rhyme scheme
Iambic pentameter
Negative and drained descriptions of men
4
Q
Types of love
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Female sexuality
Intoxication
Masculine weakness
Seduction
Female power
Demonised female sexuality
5
Q
Gatsby
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Female sexuality- Daisy and Myrtle
Daisy puts Gatsby into a tRNA e like state and leaves him dead
Power of female voice
