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Den_Den_Mushi
Sounds like you know more classic lit than I do and I'm an English tutor lmao. But yeah sounds cool, I'm all about that Biblical allusion stuff. Read too much TS Eliot poetry in high school.
Den_Den_Mushi
Hmm don't remember that one but I do like 'Preludes', 'The Hollow Men' and 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock'. Most of Eliot's poetry is about the loss of community and spirituality in the modern world. Guess you could say it's a bit emo but it always resonated with me for some reason.
Light D Lamperouge
It's a good read. We've covered it two years ago in my Renaissance course. Tbh, I prefer Victorian era. I recommend "The Picture of Dorian Gray", "Wuthering Heights" and "Great Expectations".
Light D Lamperouge
Dorian Gray is the subject of a full-length portrait in oil by Basil Hallward, an artist impressed and infatuated by Dorian's beauty; he believes that Dorian's beauty is responsible for the new mood in his art as a painter. Through Basil, Dorian meets Lord Henry Wotton, and he soon is enthralled by the aristocrat's hedonistic world view: that beauty and sensual fulfilment are the only things worth pursuing in life.
Light D Lamperouge
Newly understanding that his beauty will fade, Dorian expresses the desire to sell his soul, to ensure that the picture, rather than he, will age and fade. The wish is granted, and Dorian pursues a libertine life of varied amoral experiences while staying young and beautiful; all the while, his portrait ages and records every sin.
Light D Lamperouge
This is like a short summary. If you do end up reading it, tell me what you thought about it.
Den_Den_Mushi
Ooft... Wuthering Heights. I remember that being my least favourite novel in high school, partly because I hate romantic plotlines and also because I thought Heathcliff was a dickhead and Catherine was a gold-digging bitch xD
I've read Dorian Gray though, good book but pretty dark lol.
I've read Dorian Gray though, good book but pretty dark lol.
Light D Lamperouge
You are not wrong about some things, I also disliked Catherine quite a lot, and I was against some actions Heathcliff took. The mystical theme of vampires and ghost was enthralling and made it better. I'd take it any day over "Tess of the D'Urbervilles"
Light D Lamperouge
@dizzy2341 Ight brah, it's not very long, the version I have is around 190 pages give or take a few.
I understand about Tess. I couldn't get into it at all, and dropped it almost immediately, but since it was part of my course I had to hear about it quite often.
I understand about Tess. I couldn't get into it at all, and dropped it almost immediately, but since it was part of my course I had to hear about it quite often.
Den_Den_Mushi
"Tess of the D'Urbervilles"? Sounds like the middle aged lady that every retail worker hates lol. The predecessor of the mighty Karen if you will.
Also I'm kind of surprised that you're so widely read @dizzy2341 . Most of my students have legit not picked up a book in years. They will not read anything I give them either.
Also I'm kind of surprised that you're so widely read @dizzy2341 . Most of my students have legit not picked up a book in years. They will not read anything I give them either.
Den_Den_Mushi
@Light D Lamperouge weren't Catherine Jnr and Linton also cousins in Wuthering Heights? That honestly creeped me tf out lol. I think part of the reason I hated it was because we did WH as part of 'Romanticism' and well, a bunch of blokes studying Romanticism... it doesn't end well.
Den_Den_Mushi
@dizzy2341 yeah but I'm teaching the equivalent of your A levels and 90% of my students can't name a single book they've read in the last 2 years. It's really disheartening that they're so culturally disconnected. Whenever I make references or allusions, they don't get it and look at me like I'm an old relic
Tbh the only thing I remember about this is that Frankenstein alludes to Paradise Lost or something.