ENGL 1F91 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Roman Mythology, Seahorse, My Last Duchess
1 Mar 2017
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Childe roland to the dark tower came robert browning. My first thought was, he lied in every word, that hoary cripple, with malicious eye . He projects hostility into every landscape/person he notices. His identity relies on being a knight in shining armour. Obstacles and evil intentions are necessary for his identity, if there is no evil in the world there is nothing for him to conquer . In the landscape description we see the difference in how it is describe in the prelude or by the romantics were nature is a placed is peace, beauty. In child roland there is aggression and violence in nature. When he encounters the horse he says . Roland response to encountering the dead horse he is not sympathetic, instead he imposes an idea that the horse deserved this. Idea of punishment gives meaning to his world -in his perspective he is trying to define meaning in the world.
