Summary
Johann Wolfgang Goethe: The Lament of Young Werther
"The Lament of Young Werther" is a tragic masterpiece that explores the artist's mind through a collection of alternately joyful and despairing letters that describe the progress and history of an unhappy love. Goethe examines the motifs of romantic love, death and redemption in this highly influential portrait of the character, the young Werther, who struggles to reconcile his turbulent artistic sensibility with the demands of the outside world.
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