Conveys the image of man as “an astonished victor” b. Rosetta’s definition of life and the world 5. Presents circus imagery “as a form of art too close to life to have anypurgative effect on the audience” b. Discovery that love, as it was thought to be, is a sharp contrast to lovein the bounds of reality 4. It is the age of belief in the possibility of a futureģ. Naive belief in self and place in life is boundless d. Age at which man realizes “his life-bet with a lying self” c. Child is “helpless in cradle and / Righteous still” but already has a”Dread in his dreams” 2. Malin asks the reader to “Behold the infant”ī. Others support Malin’s theories by drawing from past, present, andpotential future experiences C. Controls the characters through his introduction of each age B. First act of Part II, “The Seven Ages” A.
_The Age of Anxiety_ character analysis A.