FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
JOHN KEATS
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The house where they live becomes a symbol of retreat from the ‘real’ world and is full of the sights and sounds of idyllic fantasies.
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The house symbolises their bond
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The house represents a barrier between them and the outside world. It stops the outside world spoiling their perfect peace.
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The house represents Apollonius’ hold over Lamia
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Detailed explanation-1: -The house where they live becomes a symbol of retreat from the ‘real’ world and is full of the sights and sounds of idyllic fantasies. The house represents a barrier between them and the outside world. It stops the outside world spoiling their perfect peace.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the poem, Lamia and Lycius, a young man from Corinth, fall in love. At their bridal feast Lycius’s friend Apollonius recognizes Lamia as an evil sorceress and calls her by name. Lamia utters a dreadful scream and vanishes. Heartbroken, Lycius falls dead.
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: -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.
Detailed explanation-5: -Keats’s themes in “Lamia” suggest a pull between two opposing forces: those that are rational and those that are based in emotion or fantasy. The speaker leans toward favoring the latter, while suggesting the former are inevitably triumphant.