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    Death has been the consequent for the main characters in each of the first four novels read for the course. The protagonist in each of the first four novels; Werther‚ Rafael‚ Ivan Ilyich‚ and K.‚ respectively; met their demise on the final page of their respective novels. All four directly or indirectly were the cause of their painful demise. Werther chose suicide over conforming to the ways of adulthood‚ and moving further away from nature. Rafael chose to live a life of possessions‚ and in turn‚ his

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    Sorrows of Young Werther

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    The story of young Werther is one of sorrow. Werther is distraught at the reality that he can’t have his true love‚ Lotte‚ because she is married to another man. The manic-depression he has fallen in soon takes over the rest of his life‚ and it sends him spiraling out of control. His love is not completely ill received by Lotte‚ however she appreciated the flattering‚ to some extent‚ and truly had his well being at heart. I believe that the editor brought up the story of the young peasant being

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    The purpose of this papers it to give general information about the author‚ Wolfgang von Goethe‚ and introduce as well as analyze the main character of one of his most influential works: The Sorrows of Young Werther. The protagonist of this series of confessional letters‚ Werther‚ is in fact a tragic figure who committed suicide as a result of his loneliness and critical approach to society‚ as well as his obsession for a woman‚ Lotte‚ whom he could not eventually conquest. Wolfgang von Goethe was

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    WERTHER AND SELF DECEPTION Romanticism was deeply interested in creating art and literature of suffering‚ pain and self-pity. With poets pining for a love long gone and dead and authors falling for unavailable people‚ it appears that romantics in literature were primarily concerned with self-injury and delusion. In Goethe’s novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther"‚ we find another romantic character fulfilling his tragic destiny by falling victim to extreme self-deception. Werther’s story may

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    Why is Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther considered a ‘Romantic’ work? What were the main tenets of Romanticism? Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s (1749 – 1832) seminal novel‚ The Sorrows of Young Werther‚ written in the unique form of a correspondence between two friends‚ has come to be regarded as one of the defining texts of the Romantic period and is well known for its seemingly condoning undertones of suicide and its protagonist’s temperamental‚ highly emotional‚ and capricious tendencies

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    common thread throughout Sorrows of a Young Werther by Goethe and Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. The relationship illustrated in both works is that one cannot achieve true freedom until they are dead. Until death‚ Werther and Raskolnikov will always feel the restrictions that society places upon them. Werther feels restricted due to the unrequited love of Lotte and Raskolnikov feels restricted by the moral code that society establishes. In Sorrows of a Young Werther by Goethe and Crime and Punishment

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    Sorrow

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    Sorrow” The photographer‚ Chris Lefqvist‚ titled his photo “Sorrow‚” due to many things in the photograph that will make you feel sorrowful. Sorrow is a feeling we encounter when we lose something or someone of great value or worth to us. Sorrow leaves you feeling depressed‚ lonely‚ and hopeless. The first thing which pops out to you in plain sight in this photograph is the dead trees in the middle of a silent‚ still and lifeless pond. Apparently Lefqvist lost something or someone and

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    the USA candy marketplace. Brands in the US portfolio currently include Werther’s Original‚ RIESEN‚ Mamba‚ Merci‚ and Toffifay. The candy brand Werther’s Original will be the focus in this assigement. Werther’s Original is named after the town of Werther in Westphalia‚ which is a story the company‚ still tells. I have chosen the Werther’s Original brand‚ because it is a brand that I have experienced wired things with. I mean‚ this brand awakes feelings and do things with me that is fascinating

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    GERST2250 Madness and Genius Prof. Anette Schwarz Annabelle (Yameng He) Mother or Lover? The Relationship between Werther and Lotte Do we look for people we know in those we meet? After reading this book‚ I found the relationship between Charlotte and Werther most mysterious. As most people consider they are true friends‚ but as to me they are more like mother and son. Werther is perhaps redirecting the love he denies to his mother to Lotte‚ whom he sees as a perfect motherly being. This becomes

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    Life and Sorrow

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    can bring to the soul. I have known the darkness of occasional brooding‚ but I would dwell most upon a struggle with sorrow that has sweetened my nature‚ which otherwise‚ would have been stultified by the pain. Pain‚ I have realized‚ is beautiful only when one can rise from its depressing power. I have known the people who have become bitter and cynical under the lash of sorrow‚ and I have known some who have never recovered from anguish. My experience is important only so far as it may help

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