2. Diagnosis of the industrial society

1. Characters' search for self-actualization

2. Characters' inevitable failure in the quest

B. Characters' views on the general situation

1. Their belief to be in Purgatory when they are allegorically in Hell

2. Their disbelief in impossibility

III. _The Age of Anxiety_ character analysis

C. Characters think aloud to reveal their nature

1. Quant views himself with false admiration

2. Malin examines the theoretical nature of man

3. Rosetta endeavors to create an imaginary and happy past

4. Emble passes his youthful judgment on the others' follies

V. First act of Part II, "The Seven Ages"

2. Controls the characters through his introduction of each age

B. Others support Malin's theories by drawing from

The first act of Part II, "The Seven Ages," is dominated by Malin, acting as a guide. He controls the actions of the characters through his introductions to each age. The other characters support his theories by drawing from their past, present, and potential future experiences (Nelson 118-119).

The sixth stage takes place in a "forgotten graveyard." It is observed as a "still / Museum [exhibiting] / The results of life," which could either be death or the life that results from death as the "Flittermice, finches / And flies restore / Their lost milieu" (Nelson 122).

The fourth age presents circus imagery "as a form of art too close to life to have any purgative effect on the audience." It is reinforced by Rosetta's definitions of life as an "impertinent appetitive flux," and the world as a "clown's cosmos" (Nelson 119).

a. Malin speaks for them all in his derogatorative statements about the city

The remaining three parts follow each of the characters from the bar to their respective homes. They each remember the despair of the conclusion of "The Seven Stages," but have no recollection of the journey itself (Nelson 123).

a. Malin asks the reader to "Behold the infant"

d. It is the age of belief in the possibility of a future

The second act of Part II of _The Age of Anxiety_, "The Seven Stages," is different from "The Seven Ages" in that the first act is based on experiences and the second act consists entirely of a dream. The purpose of "The Seven Stages" is to determine the ideal time of life for man in which he can reside for eternity (Nelson 121).

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