KEATS

Question 1

What class was Keats born into?

Answer 1

Lower/middle class in London

Question 2

When was the war with France and how did it affect Keats?

Answer 2

• War w France- 1793-1815

- Means that he witnessed widespread poverty during the wartime and was born into politically turbulent times.

Question 3

When was the Peterloo massacre?

Answer 3

• 1819

Question 4

Describe the Peterloo massacre

Answer 4

• around 50,000 members of the working class protested against the political system
• 400 injured
• 11 killed

Question 5

What was his outlook on art and life?

Answer 5

• He believed in the dual nature of life.

- He thought that artists should NOT look at life from one perspective because of its’ dual nature.

Question 6

What were his views on Christianity?

Answer 6

• He rejected that Jesus could offer salvation
• He thought that suffering had no purpose
• He said Christianity was ‘dying like an out burnt lamp’

Question 7

What were his views on Immortality?

Answer 7

• Believed in an immortal soul
• Life– ‘vale of soul-making’ in preparation for next life
• He doubted immortality closer to death