Gertrud von Le Fort's "The Song at the Scaffold". The Irony of Marquis' Sympathy for the French Revolution

Essay from the year 2017 in the subject American Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: -, University of the West of England, Bristol, language: English, abstract: The three characters, Marie, Marquis and Blanche, have their lives in irony, revealing the surprising facts of the revolution, personal fears and the instances of martyrdom. Marie desires salvation and works for it. She sacrifices her...