Manfred p. 588

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Manfredp. 588
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Plot

• Count ManfredGerman nobleman who is tortured by
  the limitations of mortality and by guilt over
  his lost love
• Studies black magic to transcend human
  limitations
• Conjures the dark spirits to provide forgetfulness

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Plot

• Spirits instead leave him with a curse Nor to
  slumber, nor to die (1. 1. 254)
• Attempts suicide in the Alps and is saved by
  Chamois Hunter
• Tells his story to the Witch of the Alps
• Persuades Arimanes to call up ghost of Astarte

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Plot

• Astartes prophecy Tomorrow ends thine earthly
  ills (2. 4. 152)
• Abbot of St. Maurice suggests repentance and
  offers Gods forgiveness
• Dark spirits arrive to claim Manfreds soul
• Manfred defies God and the spirits to die on his
  own terms Old man! tis not so difficult to
  die (3. 4. 151)

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Setting

• The Swiss Alpssnow and high mountains

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Setting

• Swiss Alpssnow and high mountains
• Isolation
• Spiritual death, coldness
• Ambition, superiority
• Manfreds Gothic Castle
• Isolation
• Loftiness
• Power
• Imprisonment

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Setting

• The Tower
• Ambition, superiority
• Imprisonment
• The Forbidden Room
• Forbidden knowledge
• Guilt

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Manfred as Byronic Hero

• Noble/Superiorp. 601, 2. 2. 50-96, p. 608, 2. 4.
  51-72
• Outcast/Wanderer
• Self-Reliant/Individualist
• Defiantdefies Witch of the Alps, Arimanes,
  religion, the dark spirits, death, pp. 620-621,
  3. 4. 80-153

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Manfred as Byronic Hero

• Amoralfollows own moral code
• Enigmaticmysterious past, nameless curseincest,
  p. 602-603, 2. 2. 100-121

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Manfred as Byronic Hero

• Melancholy/Moodyp. 596, 1. 2. 36-47
• Man of Action
• World wearyp. 589, 1. 1. 1-26