ENG 510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Romantic Hero, Ann Radcliffe
Document Summary
A central theme is the restoration of the (cid:498)just(cid:499) order of things. What is the significance of matilda"s death and manfred"s survival? irrational power, barbaric customs that cannot be challenged. Are the guilty punished by the end of the novel? that sin/evil deed does not wish to stay hidden and comes back to the present. The haunted house is haunted because something bad has happened in it and. The castle is a representation of the illegitimate history of the leaders of the house the dispensation of divine justice. A central theme of the novel is the restoration of the just order of things, and: alfonso"s body is whisked to heaven in a blaze of glory at the end. Confirms the idea of divine order; alfonso"s actions have been. His deeds have been endorsed by some sort of divine power. Proves the notion of an afterlife approved by god himself.
