Disgrace - JM Coetzee
Quotation & Context
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Personal Response
Connections to the Theory- Marxism
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Page 33- ‘Good or bad, he just does it. He doesn’t act on principle but on impulse, and the source of his impulses is dark to him. Read a few lines further: “His madness was not of the head, but heart.” A mad heart. What is a mad heart?’
In Chapter Four, Professor Lurie addresses in his University Romantic Studies Class, the power ones emotional state can inflict on the body. In this lesson he is specifically referring to Melanie, the student he has grown extremely fond of in his heart, although the he knows in his mind the situation is wrong.
In certain situations the power of passion and joy that is directed from the heart can overpower logic and certainty supplied by the mind. The strength one can posses when desperately wanting something is a force not many can overlook. One may not always have the abilities to give up what they want because it is human nature to try and achieve full potential and happiness.
Boehmer, Elleke. "Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies." Not Saying Sorry, Not Speaking Pain: Gender Implications in Disgrace 4.3 (2002): 342-51. Google Scholar. Web. 23 Mar. 2014. .
This essay considers the personal political ramifications of the refusal to make a confession, twice enacted in J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace. Professor David Lurie refuses officially to apologize for sexually abusing a student; and, later, his daughter Lucy, the victim of a gang rape, refuses to lay charges or speak of what has happened.
The power society has allowed Professor Lurie to feel and have over women in his past through emotional and sexual relationships causes him to feel as though he has a form of authority over his surrounding society which has shaped him into believing in his emotional thoughts alone.
Page 39- Article 3 deals with victimization or harassment on grounds of race, ethnic
(Include the Page Number)
Personal Response
Connections to the Theory- Marxism
(Refer to the Secondary Source)
Page 33- ‘Good or bad, he just does it. He doesn’t act on principle but on impulse, and the source of his impulses is dark to him. Read a few lines further: “His madness was not of the head, but heart.” A mad heart. What is a mad heart?’
In Chapter Four, Professor Lurie addresses in his University Romantic Studies Class, the power ones emotional state can inflict on the body. In this lesson he is specifically referring to Melanie, the student he has grown extremely fond of in his heart, although the he knows in his mind the situation is wrong.
In certain situations the power of passion and joy that is directed from the heart can overpower logic and certainty supplied by the mind. The strength one can posses when desperately wanting something is a force not many can overlook. One may not always have the abilities to give up what they want because it is human nature to try and achieve full potential and happiness.
Boehmer, Elleke. "Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies." Not Saying Sorry, Not Speaking Pain: Gender Implications in Disgrace 4.3 (2002): 342-51. Google Scholar. Web. 23 Mar. 2014. .
This essay considers the personal political ramifications of the refusal to make a confession, twice enacted in J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace. Professor David Lurie refuses officially to apologize for sexually abusing a student; and, later, his daughter Lucy, the victim of a gang rape, refuses to lay charges or speak of what has happened.
The power society has allowed Professor Lurie to feel and have over women in his past through emotional and sexual relationships causes him to feel as though he has a form of authority over his surrounding society which has shaped him into believing in his emotional thoughts alone.
Page 39- Article 3 deals with victimization or harassment on grounds of race, ethnic