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La belle dame sans merci
wave1

13 post s
7-Apr-2008
8:05 AM
My daughter has to do a project about 'La belle dame sans merci'by John Keats. The project consists of finding a song or movie dealing with the same theme of the poem and discussing the relation between the two.
Can anybody help by suggesting a suitable title of a song or movie, tackling the theme of the cruel lady, loss of love and enchanting magic spell?
I'm not going to help her writing the project of course, but just helping her find a good comparison.
Only song we could think of was 'Black Magic woman' by Santana!!!! lol
please help
wave1

14 post s
7-Apr-2008
11:17 AM
i'm not going to help her WRITE ehhehe sorry
Pogo

302 post s
8-Apr-2008
12:42 PM
I can't think of any.
CeeBee

1653 post s
8-Apr-2008
8:25 PM
The first thing I thought of was the movie titled "Fatal Attraction" (1987, Michael Douglas and Glenn Close).

I'd use this idea about love to jump off into the comparison -- from feminism.eserver.org --

The poem, therefore, serves as a warning against the ultimate love. Like many of Keats' poems, including perhaps his most well known -- "Ode on a Grecian Urn" -- "La Belle" sits in the moment when conflict is crystallized. It reminds the reader that once one experiences quintessential love, all other experiences pale in comparison, and it asks the question, "Is it worth it?" The "death" of the knight and his powerful male companions, along with the desolation of nature, point directly to Keats' answer: No. For Keats, the sustained anticipation of an event is better than experiencing the event itself. Thus, "La Belle" can be read as advice from Keats to all (gender-specific) man-kind: the ultimate experience of love is not worth experiencing, for once one touches and completes that experience, there is nothing left but desolation and death.

Last Edited on 8-Apr-2008 8:40 PM

CeeBee

1656 post s
8-Apr-2008
9:25 PM
"The Flame" - Cheap Trick?