SLA212H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Linguistics, Fatalism
18 Apr 2018
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No act of improvement can endure unless based on self-interest. Doesn"t want his brother to know that he is so excited about this. Doesn"t erase distance between levin and the peasants. They speak to him in french - repugnant to levin. Destroys the children - turn them into stepan, betsy"s. Significant that there is no father in the picture - dolly has made this family herself. Wants to renounce kitty and life, but has no choice --> comes back. Tried to ignore what is happening with vronsky. Anna has crossed the line - he has to do something about it. Guilty party will be rewarded --> anna will be able to be with. Uses religion as excuse to justify decisions that he has already made. He is happy because he thinks he is not the guilty one - he did nothing wrong, immune from guilt. Pain is like an aching tooth - remove.
