Franz Schubert: Erlkönig
Personally, I think the song tells a story of how illness and cold claims the son's life before the father reaches help. The Erlkönig might symbolize the extreme temperatures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS91p-vmSf0
Personally, I think the song tells a story of how illness and cold claims the son's life before the father reaches help. The Erlkönig might symbolize the extreme temperatures.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS91p-vmSf0
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I just looked it up and my own view wasn't so far-fetched.
PS: I'm excited about being able to catch a couple words in german from the song. Thanks to my 270 days streak of Duolingo
A seinen Manga which explores loneliness, social isolation, degeneration, vices, guilt, fear, self-realization and so on.
To be honest, the whole series explores a wide range of topics, each arc focusing on Mori and the people he meets throughout his life.
The paneling and drawing really elevate the story as they excel at depicting the mental state of Mori Buntarou.
From how the fear and self doubt of climbing the K2 is portrayed to the terrifying depiction of the danger of vices and bad sexual temptations.
In many parts of the story, his self-isolation is depicted as losing his humanity and being seen as an outsider.
His affinity for mountains is supported by his condition as the lonely climber who lives for his own passion. This is developed back and forth as the series goes.
Lastly, the reinterpretation of Erlkönig. In this case, Buntarou plays both the role of the father and the son.
His recent marriage and daughter represent the figure of the son, symbolizing what he could lose, while the climber Katou is portrayed as the father, who's drunk in excitement