and Genres: “Victorian Literature” Instructor: Dr. Christina Flotmann Date: Summer-Term 2012 Matthew Arnold’s “Culture and Anarchy” A Rhetorical Analysis of a Victorian Periodical Essay Thomas Ohse Lehramt BK Bachelor v1 (2011) Matrikelnummer: 67 08 62 5 Number of Words: 4.178 Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Matthew Arnold: Benchmarks . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . .
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The Function of the Journey in Matthew Arnold’s Poetry We can see that much of Matthew Arnold’s poetry contains the imagery of a journey. Stefan Collini suggests that this is a three-stage journey “represented by a river‚ which rises in a cool‚ dark glade‚ flows out on to the fierce‚ hot plain‚ and then finds its way to the wide calm sea” (54). The first stage is that of childhood and is represented by romantic descriptions of nature and an overall feeling of happiness. This stage can be referred
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Discuss on the elegiac quality of Arnold’s poetry. / Write a note on the dominating note of melancholy in Arnold’s poetry. / Discuss Arnold’s criticism of life expounded in his poems. / ‘Arnold’s poems are always of regret‚ loss of faith‚ instability and nostalgia.’ Elucidate. In its ancient Greece ‘elegy’ used to denote a kind of poetry dealing with the subject matter of change and loss. As a humanist Arnold was very much concerned about the gaining of supremacy of science‚ theology and natural
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The Role of the Individual in Matthew Arnold’s “Culture and Anarchy” Culture‚ as defined by Matthew Arnold in his essay “Culture and Anarchy‚” is the drive to attain perfection through development and growth bolstered by knowledge and appreciation of the beauty of humanity. Granted‚ this is an oversimplification of Arnold’s complex musings on what culture is‚ but this broad concept of culture‚ here‚ is useful in the discussion of the role of the individual in society. Ideally‚ for Arnold‚ those
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Poetry Précis for Mathew Arnold’s “Dover Beach” Matthew Arnold’s dramatic monologue titled “Dover Beach” (written in 1851/2 but publish in 1867) reveals the repetitive tragedy one can see when observing a natural wonder like the ocean that is a representation of all of life itself as well as the newfound conflict of his time that was religion versus science. He expresses his observations of life and sadness by using personification and imagery to depict a tranquil scene of the ocean only to have
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Matthew Arnold critical commentary West London raises multiple literary observations. These include the type of language used‚ the structure of the poem and the use of poetic techniques‚ such as imagery. The first striking feature is the rhyming structure that follows the criteria of an Italian sonnet‚ with a slight variant in the last tercet. This can be seen as Arnold attempting to tweak the model to emphasise the final three lines. This ending can be interpreted as the heightened and emotionally
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Circle The Stygian Lake‚ with the Ireful Sinners Fighting William BlakeIn the swamp-like water of the river Styx‚ the wrathful fight each other on the surface‚ and the sullen or slothful lie gurgling beneath the water. Phlegyas reluctantly transports Dante and Virgil across the Styx in his skiff Sixth Circle Heretics are trapped in flaming tombs. Seventh Circle Lower Hell‚ inside the walls of Dis‚ in an illustration by Stradanus. There is a drop from the sixth circle to the three rings of the seventh
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Dante - The author and protagonist of Inferno; the focus of all action and interaction with other characters. Because Dante chose to present his fictional poem as a record of events that actually happened to him‚ a wide gulf between Dante the poet and Dante the character pervades the poem. For instance‚ Dante the poet often portrays Dante the character as compassionate and sympathetic at the sight of suffering sinners‚ but Dante the poet chose to place them in Hell and devised their suffering. As
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In Dante Alighieri’s The Inferno (1314)‚ Dante is being toured through the layers of hell in hopes that he will see his future punishment and get his life back on the right path. The great Roman poet‚ Virgil‚ is sent to be his guide. Virgil is not only supportive but informational as he leads Dante through the layers of hell. Throughout the story‚ Virgil is repeatedly protecting Dante from hostile demons and monsters. Monstrous Charon‚ in cantos III is bringing the souls over the river to punishment
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Arnold’s touchstone method is a comparative method of criticism. According to this method‚ in order to judge a poet’s work properly‚ a critic should compare it to passages taken from works of great masters of poetry‚ and that these passages should be applied as touchstones to other poetry. Even a single line or selected quotation will serve the purpose. If the other work moves us in the same way as these lines and expressions do‚ then it is really a great work‚ otherwise not. This method was recommended
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