MindMap Gallery The Troubles of Young Witter
This is a mind map about "Young Witter's Troubles", which mainly includes: theme discussion, character analysis, artistic characteristics, storyline, and basic information.
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"The Troubles of Young Witter"
Basic information
author
Life: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in 1749 in a wealthy and culturally civic family in Frankfurt, Germany. My father is a doctor of law and is keen on collecting various books and artworks, while my mother is good at telling stories, giving Goethe a rich imagination. Under such a family environment, Goethe showed a strong interest and talent in literature and art since childhood, and received a comprehensive education in multilingual, literature, history, painting and music. In his youth, he studied law at the University of Leipzig and Strasbourg University. During this period, he met many like-minded progressive intellectuals, and was deeply baptized by the Enlightenment thought. His thoughts underwent a tremendous change and he developed a strong sense of critical awareness of feudal systems and traditional concepts. Goethe's lifelong creative career is extremely rich, covering many fields such as poetry, drama, novels, and philosophy, becoming a monument in the history of German literature. In 1832, Goethe died in Weimar. His works are still widely circulated around the world and have had a profound impact on the development of later literature and thoughts.
Creative style and achievements: Goethe's creative style continues to evolve with his life experience and changes in his thoughts. Early works are filled with the passion and rebellious spirit of the rushing rush movement. For example, "The Troubles of Young Witt", which aroused strong resonance among the majority of young people with its sincere emotions and profound criticism of social reality, and became one of the representative works of the rushing rush movement in Germany. The style of the mid-term works gradually shifted to classicism, pursuing harmony, tranquility and perfection of form, which is represented as the poetic drama "Iphigneah in Tauris". Later works are more profound and broad, integrating a variety of elements, and deeply thinking about grand themes such as human nature, society, and the universe. "Faust" is the pinnacle of this period and is hailed as an immortal classic in the history of European literature. Goethe's creative achievements not only occupies an important position in German literature, but also play a role in promoting the development of world literature. His works have been translated into multiple languages and are widely disseminated and studied around the world.
Creation time and background
Times: "The Troubles of the Young Witt" was created in 1774, a period of profound change in German society. At that time, Germany was in a state of feudal separatism, politically divided, economic development slow, and social contradictions were sharp. The emerging bourgeoisie was eager to break the feudal shackles and pursue freedom, equality and democracy, but under the suppression of feudal forces, their ideals and ambitions were difficult to realize. At the same time, the Enlightenment movement was widely spread on the European continent, emphasizing rationality, freedom and individual liberation, which had a profound impact on the young generation of Germany. They began to reflect on the traditional social order and values, and pursue the realization of their self-worth. However, the gap between the cruelty of reality and the ideals has caused them to fall into confusion and pain.
Personal experience and creative motivation: Goethe's own emotional experience provides a direct source of inspiration for the creation of "The Troubles of Young Witter". In 1772, Goethe met a young woman, Charlotte Buff, while internship at the Weizla Empire High Court. Charlotte's beauty, kindness and tenderness deeply attracted Goethe, and Charlotte was already engaged to others. This unrealized love brought great pain and inner struggle to Goethe. He integrated his experiences, feelings in this relationship, as well as his observations and thinking about social reality into his works, using Werte's story as a carrier to express the confusion and helplessness of the young people at that time in the face of love, ideals and social reality, and expressed his strong desire for social change.
Literary status
"The Troubles of Young Witt" plays an important role in German literature and even in the history of world literature. It is a classic work of the German Rapid Progressive Movement. With its unique artistic style and profound ideological connotation, it has become the first German work to have a world-influence. After the novel was published, it caused a sensation in Europe, aroused emotional resonance among a generation of young people and sparked a "Witt fever". It broke the shackles of traditional literature, created a new style of German novels, had a profound impact on later romantic literature, and opened up a new path for the development of German literature. Many writers were inspired by him and began to pay attention to the inner world and social realities of young people, which promoted the transformation and development of literary creation.
Main storyline
Witt first arrived in the countryside
Love for rural life: Witt is a passionate, talented and passionate young nobleman. He was tired of the hustle and hypocrisy of the city, and resolutely left the city and came to the picturesque countryside. The tranquility, simplicity and natural beauty of the countryside make him feel like he is in a paradise. He enjoys the gifts of nature, treats the villagers sincerely, and feels the simple and pure joy of life. He is keen on depicting the natural scenery of the countryside, recording every beautiful moment with his brush, blending with nature, and his heart is full of love for life and longing for the future.
Encounter with Lute: At a country dance, Witt and Lute met unexpectedly. Lute was wearing a simple white dress and holding a bouquet of wild flowers in his hand. He was like a fairy descending on earth, instantly attracting Werte's gaze. Lute not only has a beautiful appearance, but also has the qualities of kindness, gentleness and intelligence. Her every frown and smile deeply touched Werte's heart. They danced together, and in the interweaving of dance steps, they felt the fusion of each other's heartbeat and emotions. Lute's kindness and enthusiasm made Werte feel the warmth he had never felt before. He fell in love with Lute at first sight and fell in deep love from then on.
The budding and struggle of love
Deepening of emotions: Since the dance party, Witt and Lutty have been dating more and more frequently. They strolled on the country road together, enjoying the beautiful scenery of the changing seasons; sat by the stream together, listening to the gurgling water; read poetry together, sharing each other's love and insights for literature. Their thoughts and emotions constantly collided in exchange, and their understanding of each other became deeper and deeper. The seeds of love quietly sprouted and grew vigorously in their hearts. Witt's feelings for Lute became more and more intense. It seemed that only Lute was in his world. In order to be able to spend a while with Lute, he could give up everything.
Morality and Emotional Conflict: However, Witt soon discovers that Lutty is engaged to Albert. This reality was like a sharp blade, stinging his heart. He knew very well that his love violated moral norms and was trapped in deep pain and self-blame. He tried to suppress his feelings and stay away from Lute, but his inner desire was surging like a tide and could not be stopped. He often wanders alone in the middle of the night, thinking about his destiny and the helplessness of his love. In the fierce conflict between morality and emotion, Witt gradually fell into confusion and despair. He didn't know where he should go, and his inner pain kept tormenting him.
Social troubles and disappointments
Hypocrisy of aristocratic society: During his rural life, Witt inevitably participated in some aristocratic social activities. However, he soon discovered that the aristocratic society was full of hypocrisy and artificiality. The nobles were polite on the surface and were graceful, but they were filled with selfishness, greed and vanity on the inside. They compete with each other and use any means to pursue fame and fortune, and are full of arrogance and discrimination against the common people. Witt felt extremely disgusted by this hypocritical social life, and he could not bear the hypocritical faces and empty words of the nobles. At a noble party, Witt was ridiculed and excluded by everyone for his simple dress, which made him more determined to be critical of aristocratic society and missed the innocent time with Lute more.
Career setbacks: In order to get rid of the pain of love, Witt tries to divert his attention through work. He accepted a public office and hoped to achieve something in his career. However, the corruption and darkness of the officialdom disappointed him. The domineering superiors, the intrigue of colleagues, and the cumbersome bureaucratic procedures made him unable to display his talents and ambitions. Not only did his work not bring him a sense of accomplishment, but instead made him fall into deeper pain and confusion. He was desperate about the reality of society, lost confidence in his future, and his inner pain became stronger and stronger.
Despair and suicide
Lute's Marriage: Lute finally married Albert. This news was like a bombshell, completely destroying Werte's spiritual world. He couldn't accept the fact that Luddy became someone else's wife, and he was filled with despair and pain. He tried to attend Lute's wedding, wanting to express his love for the last time, but at the wedding scene, he saw Lute and Albert's happy smile, and the pain in his heart reached its peak. He knew that the love between him and Luti had completely ended and his world had fallen into darkness from then on.
The end of suicide: After returning to the city, Witt's mental state deteriorated sharply. He lost all his passion and hope for life and felt that his life had no meaning. He locked himself in the room all day long, immersed in painful memories, unable to extricate himself. Tortured by pain and despair, he finally chose to commit suicide. He ended his young life with a pistol, leaving behind a suicide note full of pain and helplessness. His suicide was not only a despair of love, but also a strong protest against social reality. He used his life to send a final cry to this society that suppresses human nature.
Character Analysis
Witt
Character traits: Witt is full of enthusiasm and full of infinite love and longing for life. His inner world is rich and sensitive, and he can keenly feel the beauty of nature and the good and evil of human nature. He is talented and has unique insights and pursuits in painting and literature. He pursues freedom and personal liberation, dares to challenge traditional social norms and moral concepts, and bravely expresses his true emotions. However, there is also a fragile and indecisive side in his character. When facing the dilemma of love and social reality, he often lacks firm belief and decisive ability to act, and is prone to falling into self-doubt and self-negation, and cannot get rid of inner pain and struggle.
Character Destiny: Witt's fate is full of tragedy. His love journey is full of ups and downs. He fell in love with the engaged Lute, fell into a moral and emotional dilemma, and his love was eventually shattered. In his career, he also encountered obstacles everywhere and was unable to realize his ideals and ambitions in the corrupt officialdom. The indifference and hypocrisy of society made him feel desperate, and he gradually moved towards destruction in loneliness and pain. His suicide was his helpless resistance to fate and a profound criticism of social reality. His tragic fate reflected the huge gap between ideals and reality in the society at that time, as well as the many difficulties they faced in the pursuit of freedom and happiness.
Character role: Witt is the core character of the novel. His experiences and emotions represent the mental state and inner demands of the vast number of young people at that time. He is a product of the times. Through his stories, readers can deeply feel the suppression and distortion of human nature by social reality, as well as the struggle and helplessness of young people when facing difficulties. His tragic fate triggered people's deep thinking on many issues such as love, morality, and society, and became a catalyst for promoting social change and ideological progress.
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Character traits: Lute is kind and gentle, full of love and care in her heart. She treats everyone sincerely and friendly, especially to Wright, she gives him a lot of warmth and understanding. She is dignified and beautiful, with elegant manners and possesses the virtues of traditional women. However, when faced with the choice of love and morality, she showed contradictions and helplessness. She has a deep affection for Vette, but because she is already engaged to Albert, she cannot violate her moral code and can only struggle in pain. She tried to maintain her friendship with Werter, but did not want to hurt Albert. This ambivalent psychology put her in trouble and showed the weakness and helplessness in her character.
Character Destiny: Lutty eventually married Albert and lived a dull married life. But she could never forget Witt in her heart, and Witt's suicide brought her great pain and self-blame. Although she has material guarantees in her marriage, she has never been able to get real satisfaction in her spirit. Her destiny reflects the helplessness of women in the face of marriage and love at that time, as well as the constraints of social moral norms on women. She could not pursue her love freely, and could only live within the traditional framework and became a victim of society.
Character role: Lute is the object of Witt's love, and her presence drives the storyline. The emotional entanglement between her and Werter shows the conflict between love and morality, and also reflects the expectations and restrictions of society for women at that time. Her character and destiny made readers more deeply understand the complexity of society at that time and the dilemma of women, and triggered people's thinking about the status and rights of women.
Albert
Character traits: Albert is rational and steady, works in an orderly manner, and has a strong sense of responsibility. He is a typical rationalist when dealing with love and is pragmatic in life. He cared for Luti and tried hard to create a stable living environment for her. He also maintained a friendly and tolerant attitude towards Witt. Even though he knew Witt's feelings towards Lutty, he did not show hostility, but tried to understand and tolerate.
Character Destiny: After Albert married Lutty, he lived a peaceful life. But Witt's existence brought some troubles to his marriage, and Witt's suicide also shocked and saddened him. Although he had Lute's marriage, he could not completely eliminate Lute's feelings for Werte in his heart, which made him face some subtle emotional problems in his marriage.
Character role: Albert is in sharp contrast with Witt, and his rationality and pragmatism form a strong contrast with Witt's sensibility and idealism, further highlighting Witt's character traits and tragedy of fate. His presence also intensifies the emotional conflict between Witt and Lute and promotes the story. At the same time, he represented a traditional value and lifestyle in society at that time, which contrasted with the freedom and personality pursued by Wyter, and triggered readers' thinking about different values.
Artistic characteristics
Letter form
Enhance emotional expression: The novel adopts the form of letters, with Werte's letters as the main narrative method. This form allows readers to go directly into Wyatt's inner world, feel his joy, anger, sorrow, pain and struggle, and enhance the authenticity and appeal of emotional expression. Each letter is like a close conversation between Witt and the reader, and the reader can clearly see his emotional changes and inner growth. For example, when he expressed his love for Lute, those passionate words and delicate emotional descriptions made the reader feel as if he was there and could truly feel his affection; when he was in pain and despair, the words in the letter were filled with pain and helplessness, allowing readers to deeply understand his state of mind.
Unique narrative structure: The letter style breaks the narrative structure of traditional novels, and shows the development process of the story through letters from different times and situations. This narrative method makes the story more flexible and free, while also increasing the suspense and readability of the story. During the process of reading letters, readers constantly understand the progress of the story and the inner changes of the characters, and develop a strong interest in reading. The time span and content conversion between different letters make readers feel as if they are pieced together a puzzle, gradually restoring the whole story, enhancing the fun and exploratory nature of reading.
Nature description
Setting up the atmosphere: The novel provides a lot of delicate descriptions of natural scenery, such as rural fields, forests, rivers, etc. These natural descriptions not only provide a beautiful background for the story, but also serve as a set-up role. When Vette was in a happy mood, the natural scenery was full of vitality and vitality, the sun was bright, the birds sang, the flowers, plants and trees seemed to cheer for his love and happiness; when he fell into pain and despair, the natural scenery became gloomy and depressed, with dark clouds, strong winds whistling, and heavy rain pouring, as if nature was also sad for his destiny. The natural scenery and the emotions of the characters blend together, allowing readers to feel the inner world of the characters more deeply.
Symbolism: Nature also has symbolic significance in novels. For example, Werter's love for nature symbolizes his pursuit of freedom and innocence, and the tranquility and harmony of nature are in sharp contrast with the hypocrisy and chaos of society. The trees in the forest symbolize the tenacity and tenacity of life, and the flow of rivers symbolizes the passage of time and the impermanence of fate. Through the description of nature, the author expresses his praise of nature and criticism of social reality, and also deepens the theme of the novel with the help of the symbolic meaning of nature.
Language style
Sincerity of emotion: The language style is sincere and full of passion and infectiousness. Goethe used delicate brushstrokes to describe Werte's inner world, expressing his emotions such as love, pain, despair, etc. to the fullest. He uses vivid words and infectious sentences to allow readers to deeply feel the ups and downs of Vette's heart and produce strong emotional resonance. For example, when describing Witt's love for Lute, he wrote: "I can't continue writing anymore. My eyes are filled with tears, and my heart is filled with emotions intertwined by happiness and pain." Such language expression is direct and strong, allowing readers to deeply understand Witt's emotional state.
Concise and bright: The language is concise and bright, easy to understand, without too much gorgeous rhetoric and embellishment. This simple language style makes the novel more close to readers and easier to understand and accept. At the same time, concise language also enhances the intensity of emotional expression, allowing readers to feel the characters' emotions more directly. Goethe tells the story in concise language, but it allows readers to deeply feel the profound thoughts and rich emotions contained in it, showing his superb language control ability.
Topic discussion
Love and destiny
The Power and Helplessness of Love: The love between Witt and Lute is one of the core themes of the novel. Their love is passionate and sincere, transcending the shackles of the world. Witt's love for Lute is a pure, heartfelt emotion, and he is willing to give everything for Lute. However, since Lutie is already engaged, their love faces insurmountable obstacles. This conflict between love and morality and social norms has put them in the abyss of pain. Under the torture of love, Witt was in great pain. He tried to resist fate, but in the end he could not get rid of fate's teasing. This shows that although love has powerful power, it often seems powerless in the face of reality, reflecting the conflict between love and destiny.
The Impermanence and Irresistibility of Fate: Vette's fate is full of impermanence and irresistible factors. He originally came to the countryside with longing, hoping to find the tranquility of his soul and the meaning of life here, but unexpectedly fell into the whirlpool of love, and this love was marked by fate from the beginning. His career development was not under his control. He entered the officialdom to seek new directions, but encountered a corrupt environment, which made his efforts go to waste. He tried to change his destiny through his own choices, but every attempt ended in failure, which made him deeply feel the strength of destiny and his personal insignificance. This sense of impermanence is not only reflected in his personal experience, but also reflects the confusion and helplessness that young people generally faced in the social environment at that time. They find it difficult to grasp their own destiny in the torrent of the times, and can only go with the flow and let their destiny be merciless.
Personality and society
Prominence and depression of personality: Werte has a distinct personality. He loves freedom, pursues real emotions and life, and has a strong rebellious spirit towards traditional social norms and moral concepts. He did not hide his love for Lute and dared to express his dissatisfaction with the hypocrisy of aristocratic society. This kind of personality outrageous in the conservative social environment at that time. His behavior and thoughts touched the sensitive nerves of society and were rejected and misunderstood by people around him. The nobles mocked his dress and manners, believing that he violated the hierarchical order of society; although Albert was superficially tolerant, the traditional values he represented formed a sharp conflict with Werter's personality. Witt's personality is ruthlessly suppressed in such a social atmosphere. He cannot live according to his own wishes. His inner pain continues to intensify, which deeply reflects the contradictions and conflicts between personality and society.
Society’s distortion of human nature: The novel profoundly reveals the distortion and suppression of human nature in society at that time. The feudal hierarchy was strict, the aristocratic class enjoyed privileges, while the ordinary people were oppressed and exploited. People's behaviors and thoughts are bound by strict social norms and dare not express their true thoughts and emotions easily. In such a social environment, human nature is distorted and people become hypocritical, selfish and indifferent. Witt's suicide is a strong protest against this social reality, and his tragic fate shows that in a society that suppresses human nature, people's spiritual world will be seriously hurt, and even young people like Witt, who are full of passion and ideals, cannot escape the fate of being swallowed by society. This criticism of social reality has triggered readers' profound reflection on the social system and the essence of human nature.
Ideal and reality
The destruction of ideals: Witt is full of beautiful ideals for life, and he longs for sincere love, a free life and a meaningful career. In his rural life, he once felt the dawn of his ideals. His getting along with Ludi allowed him to experience the beauty of love, and the natural beauty of the countryside made him feel the breath of freedom. However, reality cruelly broke his ideal. Luti's engagement shattered his love dreams, the corruption in the officialdom shattered his career pursuits, and the indifference and hypocrisy of society made him lose confidence in human nature and life. There is a huge gap between his ideals and reality, which has caused him to fall into the abyss of despair and eventually choose to end his life by committing suicide. His shattering of his ideals is not only a personal tragedy, but also a portrayal of the dilemma that young people generally faced at that time, reflecting the stifling of the ideals of social reality on young people.
Criticism of reality: Through Werther's experience, the novel deeply criticized the social reality at that time. The author reveals the hypocrisy of aristocratic society, corruption in the officialdom, rigid education, and social oppression of human nature. The nobles are elegant and noble on the surface, but in fact they are empty and selfish in their hearts. Their lives are full of hypocrisy and artificiality; the officialdom is full of corruption, bribery, intrigue, and people with truly talented and ambitions cannot get the opportunity to display; traditional education focuses on form and dogma, and ignores the cultivation of students' personality and creativity; social moral norms and values restrict people's thoughts and behaviors, leading to distortion and suppression of human nature. Through revealing these issues, the author expresses his desire for social change and his yearning for a better future, calling on people to break the shackles of tradition and pursue freedom, equality and real life.