ENGLISH 1C06 Lecture : History of English Literature Jan.5 "Stephen Duck and Mary Collier"
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[mary collier did not have a picture done, life is mostly unknown - juxtaposes. Stephen duck had his painting done by the best court painter] Collier, duck & gray all interior poems, confessional, personal, integrated. Duck: drowns himself, as a result of his life"s objectification in court and public. The idea that certain members of society have natural talents that are hidden by class boundaries - the nature of his story and rise in status was unnatural and uncommon. Rich vs poor complex hierarchies existing then, exist now; rich do not want the poor to be dissatisfied with their work. Commodity fetishism the social relationships between human beings become the appearance of relationships between objects. Producers only come into contact with each other through the market. Line 31: stark, violent poetry; the noise, and violence of his physical labour: work and war as comparable concepts;