English 3554E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aesthetic Perfection, Zuleika Dobson, Aldous Huxley
28 Sep 2016
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He found drawing much easier than writing. Small hands and feet represent elegance, not a vulgar person. Beerbohm never draws his head larger than his body, undercuts his intelligence. So thin that he isn"t three dimensional, tiny shadow. Theory of life: way of seeing and contemplating the world, where the comic and boring are in constant conflict. Raised each other to the concept of a thing, an idea. The symptoms of love appear on their clothes, not bodies. For a dandy, clothes are as much a part of their beings as their bodies. Love is a symbol, a thing, a paradigmatic association. The very moment the duke declares his love for her, her love for him dies. When desire is fulfilled, love cannot exist for zuleika. Desire must remain unfulfilled for her to love. Her 1 must have the same equation as her. Love becomes an unstable signifier, always being redefined.
