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Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: Analysis

Posted on October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 by JL Admin

Romanticism was a highly complex literary and artistic movement that began roughly in the mid-eighteenth century and reached its full flowering in the early decades of the nineteenth century. Literary historians usually distinguish between the Romantic movement or Romanticism and a more generic ‘‘romanticism’’ that can be found in later literature, including that written in…

Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: Setting

Posted on October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 by JL Admin

Relations between England and Scotland had long been tumultuous when Scott was born in 1771. Historically, England had dominated Scotland, regarding it as a possession rather than a partner. Throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, disputes about religion erupted, and many of these disputes continued into the eighteenth century. There was fear in England that…

Ivanhoe by Walter Scott: Symbolism & Foreshadowing

Posted on October 3, 2020October 3, 2020 by JL Admin

Symbolism  One of the chief symbols in Ivanhoe is Front-deBoeuf’s castle at Torquilstone. The name of the castle derives from the word torque, which comes from the Latin word torquere, meaning ‘‘twist.’’ This word is also the origin of the word torture. Torquilstone symbolizes some of the major themes of the novel. It is a…

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