The System of Chaos in "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats. How is the Breakdown of the World Depicted?


Seminar Paper, 2011

12 Pages, Grade: 1,0

Francesca Cavaliere (Author)


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Index:

Introduction

1 The First stanza - The present state of the world
1.1 Chaos and the laws of physics
1.2 Chaos as a political system
1.3 Chaos and the divine judgement

2. Second Stanza – The prophetic vision

3. Third stanza – a look back into the past

Conclusion

Literary references

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Title
The System of Chaos in "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats. How is the Breakdown of the World Depicted?
College
University of Potsdam  (Anglistik Literatur)
Course
Symbolism and Modernism in British Poetry
Grade
1,0
Author
Year
2011
Pages
12
Catalog Number
V318219
ISBN (eBook)
9783668174443
ISBN (Book)
9783668174450
File size
665 KB
Language
English
Keywords
Yeats, second coming, modernism, symbolism
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Francesca Cavaliere (Author), 2011, The System of Chaos in "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats. How is the Breakdown of the World Depicted?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/318219

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