English 2308E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Walter Benjamin, Unconscious Mind, Alexis De Tocqueville
20 Jan 2016
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The scarlet letter: introduction, de tocqueville democracy in america, the custom house. Alexis de tocqueville democracy in america. The learning cell write a two page paper, get into groups of 5 and discuss the papers, write down notes on the paper, hand in paper at break then have a larger discussion after the break. Mob vs, the individual sense of anxiety about individuality and social pressure social anxieties. Why does robin join the mob at the end: increasingly ends the labyrinthine area, lost in the town, people give him directions, also seeing robin enter into unconscious mind physical journey mirrors this. One of his major breaks with the old world: has fantasy of killing his kinsman, imagines his death represents. This figure represents an american rebel externally. Internally he represents fragmentation for robin from the old ways to the new way.
