1. Landscape Paintings and Emotion
... edge of a precipice, kicking to stave off drowning'. Clarice's affair with Arthur brought about the feeling of pleasure and guilt all at once. Much like Arthur's fear of heights, Arthur's love was a 'sensation[that] terrifie[d] [her]'. As time progressed, their relationship became a 'self-satisfied torture', which ate away at her. The two emotions intertwining in Arthur's sentiment ... that '[he] love[d her] so much [he] hate[d her]', demonstrating his angst towards the relationship that he found tranquillity in. Clearly, a landscape may extract contrasting emotions. A fe...
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