Schopenhauer’s Philosophy Of Love In Flaubert’s Madam Bovary And Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby
This study examines the works of two writers F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Flaubert’s Madam Bovary in relation to the concept of Schopenhauer’s philosophy of the ‚instinct of sex‛ as a subjective necessity and ‚love‛ as an objective point. The study determines whether the concepts o...
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| Language: | English English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12329/1/FBMK_2009_25A.pdf |
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| Summary: | This study examines the works of two writers F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great
Gatsby and Flaubert’s Madam Bovary in relation to the concept of
Schopenhauer’s philosophy of the ‚instinct of sex‛ as a subjective necessity
and ‚love‛ as an objective point. The study determines whether the concepts
of Schopenhauer, specifically on love, desire, and suffering, influence the life
of the major characters in the two novels.This research is based on how
Schopenhauer’s concept of ‚love as physical attraction‛ is portrayed in the
characters of two novels. The study also attempts to find out what part the
instinct of sex as a subjective point and the elements of desire, suffering and love as an objective point, plays in the lives of the characters. The research
concludes that love among the characters is merely based on physical
attraction, which leads them to have a strong desire which in turn, causes
them to suffer. |
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