EN119 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The Birth-Mark, Superpower, Slave Narrative
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Office hours dawb-129 on tuesdays 1-2 or by appointment. Best to email (usually gets back in 24 hours) Importance of 1843 in the context of united states. The pioneer only had 3 issues in 1843. Paper had to close because lowell (editor) had health issues. These people (cid:449)ere i(cid:374) the sa(cid:373)e (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity a(cid:374)d readi(cid:374)g ea(cid:272)h other"s (cid:449)orks. Motif reoccurring image, idea, theme, gives insight (constant) Symbol something that signifies or represents something else (once or twice) The image is symbolic, ho(cid:449)e(cid:448)er, it is a (cid:373)otif (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause it"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)tly repeated. Idea of perfection, trying to influence it on his life. Described with negative identities, unable to groom, lower class, racialized. Master to slave narrative (us slavery still in place) Easier for a poor man to get into heaven then a rich man. White male, rich, well educated, heterosexual, good looking (blonde hair, blue eyes), able-bodied. Aylmer is at the top, then georgiana and then aminadab.
