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GEORGE GORDON BYRON (1788–1824) - Coggle Diagram
GEORGE GORDON BYRON (1788–1824)
Romanticism (2)
Reaction against Neoclassicism
Emotions and imagination
Individualism
Sublime nature
Nature reflects the soul
Life and Personality (3)
Aristocratic origins
Rebellious character
Exile from England
Greek independence
Intense life
Byronic Hero (4)
Proud
Solitary
Rebellious
Mysterious past
In conflict with society
Feels deep Guilt
Manfred 1817 (5)
Dramatic poem
Inspired by Goethe’s Faust
Gothic elements
Set in the Alps
Sublime nature
Themes in Manfred (6)
Guilt (Astarte)
Isolation
Pride
Inner torment
Supernatural elements
Manfred as a Byronic Hero (7)
Solitary and proud
Rejects society
Refuses religion
Refuses supernatural powers
Chooses death freely
No Christian redemption
Message of the Work (8)
Freedom of the individual
Self-determination
Rejection of authority
Man is master of his destiny