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"The Sorrows of Young Werther" The young Werther, who is good at poetry and painting, loves nature, is sentimental, and pursues freedom of individuality, falls in love with a girl named Lotte, who is already engaged to someone else. The setback in love made Werther devastated. The conservative and corrupt officialdom, the vulgar and submissive citizens, and the arrogant aristocrats all made him feel suffocated by the despicable society. Finally, he felt that his future was hopeless and committed suicide in order to find relief. "The Sorrows of Young Werther" is an epistolary novel written by Goethe in his early years. The protagonist's unfortunate love and social encounters are not only realistic prototypes, but also blended with the author's painful experience. It shows the reaction of a generation of awakened German youth to a society with unhealthy hierarchical concepts and their strong demand for individual liberation.
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