1. La Belle Dame sans Merciby John Keats
Knight blindly falls in love with a beautiful stranger that he meets the first time, however, such passion leads to ignoring the fact that this lady manipulates him, thus the knight turns out alone. ... Beauty that the knight perceives is only valuable on the physical level, when an examination of beauty of the character underlines genuine understanding of a person and true emotions. Exclusion of the lady's character in the knight's attraction allows the lady to manipulate him and results the knight to be "alone" (47) at the end. ... However, one must be able to have contr...
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