ENGL 3504Y Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Libertine
9 Mar 2019
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I found hogarth"s first plate of tom experiencing his new fortune from his father"s inheritance exploring the notion of tom being characteristic of modernity. In the painting, it"s clear the servants are bereaving tom"s father while tom is less distracted by grief and more interested in the surrounding vices. Young, evidenced by sarah holding tom"s ring, tom offering to pay her off with gold, and her mother holding his love letters he wrote to sarah prior to this wealth. Each of these images, coupled with tom"s dismissiveness of his father"s death, imply his libertine disposition focusing on indulging in power sexually and financially. As a young male from the country side, tom is even more impressionable to this different version of life offering more opportunities to transgress what might have been considered moral behaviour. In this start to embrace a dissolute lifestyle, the conjunction of the word progress that.
