Presentation of relationships in ARWAV, A song (absent form thee) and Non sum qualis eram bonae sub regno cynarae

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  • A Room with a View
    • "some complicated game"
      • Forster examining the relationship between George and Lucy
    • Authors presentation of relationships
      • A song (Absent from thee)
        • "Absent from thee I still languish"
          • He grows feeble when they're apart
          • Time doesn't effect his love for her
            • Like Forster believes love is "eternal"
        • Dramatic monologue, resembles a one way conversation with a lover.
          • Feminist may say Wilmot is highlighting sexual oppression against women at the time.
          • Women had no voice.
        • Written in regular iambic tetrameter
          • He's been unfaithful before, he has a system.
        • "Torments" him when they're apart
          • "Tears my fix't heart from my love"
            • Violent separation suggests he's not in control of his actions, yet he never asks for help
      • Non Sum Qualis Eram Bonae Sub Regno Cynarae
        • "Cynarae"
          • Greek for artichoke, symbolises ost love and hope
        • Unrequited, hopeless love
          • "Betwixt" the lips of a female with "bought red mouth"
            • "He feels "desolate"
              • Empty, has no feelings for her"
              • Feels empty when he's making love to them
                • Therefore not really cheating
                  • "I have been faithful to thee Cynara! In my fashion
                    • Fidelity is subjective, his way works
                      • Belief originated from his involvement with the Decadent movement
                        • They believed in promoting sexual promiscuity
                    • Repetition of 'Cynara' reinforces his belief that love is trapped.
          • "I felt her warm heart beat"
            • monosyllabic sentence echoes her heartbeat
              • Opposes his true feelings
                • "He feels "desolate"
                  • Empty, has no feelings for her"
                  • Feels empty when he's making love to them
                    • Therefore not really cheating
                      • "I have been faithful to thee Cynara! In my fashion
                        • Fidelity is subjective, his way works
                          • Belief originated from his involvement with the Decadent movement
                            • They believed in promoting sexual promiscuity
                        • Repetition of 'Cynara' reinforces his belief that love is trapped.
    • "Most big things unladylike"
      • Shows character development from someone who would
        • "take up Baedeker's handbook"
          • To someone who saw "all the view"
    • Follows stereotypical romantic narrative
      • Positive outlook on relationships
        • George Emerson treats women equally
          • "This desire to govern women...an issue men and women must fight together

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