FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JOHN KEATS
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‘Lamia’ can be regarded as a warning against the all-absorbing nature of illusory, passionate love and a recognition of the claims of reason.
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‘Lamia tells us that love is something we should all try to indulge in
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‘Lamia’ tells us that we cannot trust those we love
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‘Lamia’ tells us love skews our rationality but that it doesn’t hurt us
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Detailed explanation-1: -He realized, however, that desire must be curbed by restraint, that love must harmonize with, and be a part of life, rather than dominate and control it. Lamia, therefore, can be regarded as a warning against the all-absorbing nature of illusory, passionate love and a recognition of the claims of reason.
Detailed explanation-2: -Lesson Summary In John Keats’ ‘Lamia, ’ he reworks ancient myth to create a haunting story of desire, magic, and the destructive potential of both. Throughout, the poem’s language is dazzlingly sensual, as well as allusive to the mythology that inspired it.
Detailed explanation-3: -The poem tells how the god Hermes hears of a nymph who is more beautiful than all. Hermes, searching for the nymph, instead comes across Lamia, trapped in the form of a serpent. She reveals the previously invisible nymph to him and in return he restores her human form.
Detailed explanation-4: -I love you the more in that I believe you had liked me for my own sake and for nothing else. A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.
Detailed explanation-5: -Keats’ retelling of Lamia is unique in his sympathy for her because unlike other interpretations, he portrays her as an enchantress, goddess, and a victim of enchantment rather than just depicting her outright as an evil half woman monster.