ENGB45H3 Lecture 6: 3.2 Performance _ Identity_ Bleak House _ “The Buried Life”
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The self is something you make, not something you"re born with. Esther"s self is dependent on her role as a narrator/writer. The self is action; what i do is me. Nemo collected work, and did the work; he is not no one". Hume"s philosophy is that we are a collection of impression all put together. Ferrier argues that yes there"s fracture, but there"s a single self somewhere deep down (poetic) The perfect enchanter"s circle ; there is really no way to keep it out. The problem of the magic circular self is the tension between; the need to understand both is the. Important to know we are fighting inside an enchanted circle against the fracture life outside. Constant awareness of audience when using a victorian camera. Argued that the duke (my last duchess) is an example of true victorian ideaology. Both heavily concealed; powerful enough to put on a mask. Esther tells us that she is not completely natural.
