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KEATS - Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil (Quotes ("some malady"…
KEATS - Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil
Quotes
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"some malady"
illness imagery, reflects and foreshadows that this love is bad for them and will ultimately lead to their downfalls.
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"dismal labouring"
inverse image of labour as in giving birth, reflects what could have been between Isabella and Lorenzo
"the jewel, safely casketed"
comparison of Lorenzo to a jewel, materialistic imagery, makes a connection to capitalism and industrialisation to the beauty of nature and love
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Context
Aspects of the poem protest against his own 'forbidden' love with Fanny Brawn, the two were unable to be together due to their class separation, this is reflected in Isabella and Lorenzo
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Written as Keats was first starting out, lack of confidence results in his self-deprecating authorial interjection
Exploration of suffering and agony, moving away from the usual poetry of 'delight' at the time
Romantic poetry, focus on nature and its beauty
Industrial Revolution, is protested against in some ways, links the villainous brothers with machine and industrial imagery, whereas Isabella and Lorenzo are related to nature
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Methods
Epithet
Characters are referred to using epithet, which demonstrates how we are meant to feel about them (like/dislike/sympathise/etc.)
"Fair Isabel,poor simple Isabel"
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Often Keats uses epithet for Isabella and Lorenzo to establish them as victims and to position the reader to sympathise with the two lovers:
Repitition
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Keats highlights that we should not sympathise with the brothers by emphasising the shame they should feel over their cruel and heartless business strategies
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Authorial interjection here, Keats showing his own anger at the injustice of Industrial Revolution
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Repetition to emphasise the sympathy we should feel for Lorenzo and Isabella for their forbidden love
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Repetition highlights how Isabella sank deeper into her sorrow by losing connection to nature, reality and isolating herself
"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
Structure
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Isabella doesn't immediately know of Lorenzo's murder, instead she is left in a kind of limbo, waiting for Lorenzo's return which never comes, this creates pathos and evokes pity
Tragedy
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Tragic Fall/ Perepetia
Lorenzo's death
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
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Villains
Isabella's brothers are the poem's villains and can easily be seen as such due to their negative portrayals, denial of Isabella's love and their murder of Lorenzo
Excessive pride / hubris
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
Learning/Anagnorisis
Isabella learns very little, she learns her brothers killed Lorenzo through a dream but this doesn't change her, only leads to more sorrow and suffering until her inevitable death
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