La Belle Dame sans Merci in depth mindmap
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- Created on: 18-02-20 18:44
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- La Belle Dame sans Merci
- Plot
- Climax and Peripeteia
- The dream the knight has can be seen as the most dramatic part in the play, it shows the faery he was foolisjh
- Inciting Force
- When the knight meets the faery, it begins the story.
- When the knight goes into the faery's territory, gives her the position of power
- Catastrophe
- Whether the knight dies isn't explicitly said but it is suggested
- 'no birds sing'
- 'haggard'
- Whether the knight dies isn't explicitly said but it is suggested
- Hamartia
- The fatal flaw of the knight can be seen as his poor judgement and his hubris
- The knight presumes the faery cares for him and so he trusts her, which leads to his end
- The fatal flaw of the knight can be seen as his poor judgement and his hubris
- Climax and Peripeteia
- Character profiles
- The Faery
- Acts as the antagonist of the poem
- She enchants a seemingly innocent man and leads him to his death
- You get the impression she has done it many times and will continue to
- She enchants a seemingly innocent man and leads him to his death
- Acts as the antagonist of the poem
- The Knight
- Acts as the protagonist of the poem
- He tells the story of how he met a woman which has lead him to his demise
- He can be seen as misguided and arrogant
- Believes the faery loves him even when he can't understand her and they just met
- He can be seen as misguided and arrogant
- He tells the story of how he met a woman which has lead him to his demise
- Acts as the protagonist of the poem
- The Narrator
- Begins the poem by narrating the first 3 stanzas, introducing and giving an impression of the knight
- Can be interpreted as the key to breaking the cycle of the faery's actions
- The Faery
- Poetic techniques
- Similes and Metaphors
- Adds depth and symbolism
- 'fading rose' dying life and love
- 'lily on thy brow' the knight is pale and dying, he is a victim
- Adds depth and symbolism
- Enjambment
- Make what is being said longer, more tired and drawn out
- Or more like a contemplation
- Make what is being said longer, more tired and drawn out
- Quatrain
- Every stanza has 4 lines. Isn't too long or like a lectue, readslike a story
- Anaphora
- 'I' at the beginning of stanzas 3, 4, 5 & 6 makes knight seem egocentric
- 'She' at the beginning of stanzas 7 & 8 shows faery's shift in power
- Repetition
- Used for emphasis
- 'pale kings' 'pale warriors' 'death-pale'
- (REFRAIN) Lines repeated far apart. Beginning and end, cyclical structure makes it read like a story
- Used for emphasis
- Iambic Tetrameter
- Line containing four metrical feet each with a stressed and unstressed syllable
- Similes and Metaphors
- Themes
- Love
- The knight thinks the faery loves him
- In language strange she said - 'I love thee true'
- The knight thinks the faery loves him
- Abandonment
- The knight is left by himself
- 'Alone and palely loitering'
- The knight is left by himself
- Supernatural
- The faery is a mythical creature who can be seen as enchanting the knight
- 'she lullèd me asleep'
- 'Thee hath in thrall'
- The dream the knight has is a supernatural experience
- 'I saw pale kings and princes'
- The faery is a mythical creature who can be seen as enchanting the knight
- Nature
- It is symbolic of the impending death and doom
- 'lily on thy brow'
- 'fading rose'
- It is symbolic of the impending death and doom
- Love
- How it relates to Death of a Salesman
- Isolation
- The knight is left alone like Willy in the restaurant
- 'Alone and palely loitering'
- The knight is left alone like Willy in the restaurant
- Fate
- The knight has no control over what the faery does to him and arguably seals his own fate by trying to persue her
- Willy wants to control his fate and be a businessman and tries to force it and it results in his death
- Misjudgement
- The knight thinks the faery loves him and it results in his catastrophe
- Willy has no idea what he actually should do in life
- Power
- The knight is seen as having power over the faery at first
- As the poem progresses, the faery is seen as holding power over the knight and by the end he as lost all power
- Willy has little power over what happens to himself and in his life
- As the poem progresses, the faery is seen as holding power over the knight and by the end he as lost all power
- The knight is seen as having power over the faery at first
- Isolation
- Context
- Romanticism
- Connection between people and their environment
- Keats knew he was dying of TB while writing the poem, can be related with the knights death
- Greek Mythology
- The faery can be seen as a siren from greek mythology
- The knight doesn't follow the rules when encountering a faery, he gave her clothing, accepted her food, listened to her sing
- The faery can be seen as a siren from greek mythology
- Romanticism
- Plot
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