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KEATS - Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil (Quotes ("some malady"…

- - - - positive ideas are undercut by the ominous semantic/lexical field of illness and sickness
- - - - "Fair Isabel,poor simple Isabel"
      - "young Lorenzo"
      - Often Keats uses epithet for Isabella and Lorenzo to establish them as victims and to position the reader to sympathise with the two lovers:
  - - - "Why were they proud?"
      - Authorial interjection here, Keats showing his own anger at the injustice of Industrial Revolution
      - Wants to clearly emphasise that the brothers are villains and we are not meant to like them
    - - "too many tears...too many sighs"
      - Keats comments on the sadness that love can bring and the tragic nature of their story
    - - "and she forgot the stars, the moon, and sun"
      - very melancholic image, detached from the world and creates pity for her that she is so sad that she can't even enjoy nature's beauty
- - - - Blind to the dangers they face and unable to foresee their suffering
    - - Her blind love fro Lorenzo is a clear cause for her downfall, her refusal to acknowledge the dangers of this love clearly contributed to her downfall.
    - - Isabella and Lorenzo are removed form reality, and are blind to outside threats and the dangers of their relationship
      - "she died in drowsy ignorance"
    - - Isabella's isolation worsens her suffering due to her refusal to allow hope and beauty to enter her life and give herself a chance of survival/recovery
        
        "she weeps alone"
        
        "she forgot the stars, the moon, the sun"
  - - - Lorenzo leaves with the brothers and this is a fatal moment in which the fortunes change and Lorenzo goes from love and happiness to death, this has obvious consequences contributing greatly to Isabella's tragic fall
  - - - The brothers' description reflects their pride and arrogance with lots of materialistic and rich imagery which highlights their pride, greed and focus on wealth and status over love and life
  - - - "their crimes came upon them, like a smoke from Hinnon's vale"
  - - - From the opening line we are positioned to sympathise with "Fair Isabel, poor simple Isabel", she is immediately established as a victim. Keats wants us to pity her for the tragedy to be successful in creating pathos, he also wanted to portray his own message that denying people the ability to love whoever they want causes pain and suffering
  - - - Isabella digging up Lorenzo's body is tragic and emotional and Keats' language creates an inverse image of childbirth. This moment allows for hope of finding closure
      - Both of their deaths are highly pitiable and create a feeling of catharsis for readers