Werther Analyis
To most people, analyzing The Sorrows of Young Werther is a simple task. Relying on the worldview of a pragmatic, technology-driven, and self-assured society, they look at Werther and see a young, romantic who, because of personal weakness, developed an obsession with a woman probably because he knew he could not have her. Gradually, as he realized the folly of his attraction, his fanciful emotions turned into a psychosis and a desire to hurt those who had rejected him through suicide. The perverse mental disease underlying the his wild yearnings is thus revealed and the wickedness of his actions thoroughly understood. This description of Wertherís obsession and his "perverse mental disease" is hardly any less sympathetic than Albertís when he calls Wertherís passion "intoxication". Dismissing Werther comes easily for most people. They may call him a tragic figure or a spurned lover but their sympathy denies the motivations at the heart of his obsession. Many probably read the story and immediately put it away because they feel Wertherís passion has no bearing on their lives. Their dismissal of Werther is conspicuous. They seem to want to suppress him like some sort of strange rebel representing passion, romance, and all sorts of
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Approximate Word count = 4117
Approximate Pages = 16 (250 words per page double spaced)
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