Concetti Chiave
- The protagonist is a handsome aristocratic man with a club foot, leading to isolation and unhappiness, who studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, but led a debauched life.
- He traveled the Mediterranean, settled in Greece, and wrote "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage," reflecting his adventures, with themes of a world-weary young man seeking meaning.
- His life included controversial relationships, leading to his exile from England; he later traveled to Switzerland and Italy, where he wrote "Manfred" and "Don Juan."
- Byron's "Byronic hero" is moody, mysterious, passionate, and rebellious, rejecting social norms and embodying isolation, noble origins, and a life of excess.
- His poetry emphasizes individual liberty, using simple, conversational language and iambic pentameters, with nature as a backdrop, not a refuge.
He was An handsome aristocratic and young man but he was born with and handicap a club foot which led him to unhappiness and isolation.
He went to Trinity College in Cambridge I studied little and he lived a debauched life. He left on a tour of the Mediterranean.
He settled in Greece for a time and he worked on a poem called child Harold's pilgrimage Loosely based on his adventures
He return to England having completed the open cantos of his poems which tells the story of a wold-weary young man looking for meaning in the world, first two cantos were published in 1812
He had an incestuous relationship with his half sister whom he had a daughter , he married Anne Isabelle Milbanke and they had a daughter but she accused him of incest and homosexuality.
He was forced to flee England and never return. With the poet Shelley, they travelled to Switzerland and he wrote the third canto, then they went to Italy where he had a long relationship with Teresa Quiccioli. In Italy he wrote the Manfred, and don Juan an epic satire novel based on a legendary hero. He supported the cause of greek liberation from Turkish oppression, he died at 36. his hearth was buried in Greece where he was considered a national hero.He believed in French Revolution, he criticized Keats, Coleridge, because their poems was useless, and according to him the poet must give the people a voice.
Byronic hero: a man with different characteristics, a moody-like man, restless, mysterious and passionate and he hide terrible secrets of his past, is characterised by a proud individualism, and rejects conventional and social rules, he is an outsider, ana attractive man , isolated with noble origins, with not polite manners. The byronic hero have a great sensibility, for nature, beauty , and he lived a life of excess, no one could resist him but he rejected every woman. Mixture among sufferings, rebellness, eroticism, it can be seen in the first two cantos of his poem.
He believed in individual liberty and hated every form of compromises.
Nature is important but in Byron is the settings but its not a refuge or a consolation.
In his poems he used the stanzas, he used iambic pentameters, iambic examiners. The language is conversational, colloquial, simple, the style is easy.
In she walks in beauty, there is a woman, probabily Anne Beatrix Horton who he meet in a party, and she is beauty but not only for his exterior aspect, he had a pure hearth, she represents the pureness, and there is a balance between physical and spiritual beauty
Childe Harold's pilgrimage
Long poem made up of different cantos, childe is the ancient noun to say child, that become a knight reflection of his experience
Cantos 3: he hated world at the beginning, the world is real enemies, the main themes are journey, solitude, opposition between solitude of the protagonist and the moltitude of the world.
Domande da interrogazione
- Quali sono le caratteristiche principali dell'eroe byroniano?
- Qual è il significato del poema "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage"?
- Come viene rappresentata la bellezza in "She Walks in Beauty"?
- Qual era l'opinione di Byron sulla poesia e sulla rivoluzione?
L'eroe byroniano è un uomo con caratteristiche diverse, come un carattere lunatico, inquieto, misterioso e appassionato. Nasconde terribili segreti del suo passato, è caratterizzato da un orgoglioso individualismo e rifiuta le regole convenzionali e sociali. È un outsider, un uomo attraente, isolato con origini nobili, ma con maniere non educate. Ha una grande sensibilità per la natura e la bellezza, vive una vita di eccessi e respinge ogni donna.
"Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" è un lungo poema composto da diversi canti, che riflette l'esperienza dell'autore. Il protagonista, un giovane stanco del mondo, cerca un significato nella vita. I temi principali includono il viaggio, la solitudine e l'opposizione tra la solitudine del protagonista e la moltitudine del mondo.
In "She Walks in Beauty", la bellezza è rappresentata non solo attraverso l'aspetto esteriore, ma anche attraverso la purezza del cuore. La donna descritta, probabilmente Anne Beatrix Horton, rappresenta un equilibrio tra bellezza fisica e spirituale.
Byron credeva nella Rivoluzione Francese e criticava poeti come Keats e Coleridge, ritenendo che le loro poesie fossero inutili. Secondo lui, il poeta deve dare voce al popolo. Credeva nella libertà individuale e odiava ogni forma di compromesso.
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