• From Birth to Bathos
• The Cliffhanger of John Keats Character Development
• By Ariel J. Richards
• Arc of the Argument
• Remember during the 1st half of the semester for the Fall 2017 Professor Moy’s class was given the task of breaking down a 25 chapter autobiography of John Keats by Nicholas Roe 3 or more chapters at time.
• From this I drew inspiration and decided to treat the 19th century writer like a character developing during an interrupted story arc.

• Which Arc belongs to Keats?
• The basics of the story arc is as follows:
 Set up
 Reaction
 Conflict
 Resolution

• Seems simple at first glance accept there are multiple story arc but here are the top 3 based on the character arc.

• Character Arc, whose journey is this?
• A character arc starts out with the protagonist, we the audience get their settings and back story.

• Then something happens, knowledge is revealed, the society hierarchy shifts and they’re off to set things right.
• Change Arc aka Hero’s Quest
• In trying to set things right the protagonist transforms both externally and internally at times.
• Conflicts are resolved. The End.
• When the protagonist is the unlikely fellow and they transform to fit the role that is the Change Arc.

• Bathos
• An effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime o the trivial or ridiculous.

• Like many artist before him John Keats the 19th century writer died during what would be considered the climax of his professional career.

• And upon his death his works received fame multiplied than when he was amongst the living.
• On Friday, Februar 23, 1821 John Keas died due to what was suspected b Nicholas Roe his attempts to cure a venereal infection.

• By use of mercury Keats flooded his lungs and completely destroyed as evidence by his biopsy.

• Having just published his book of poems in 1817 Keas had finally found his formula of articulating sensuality while appealing to 19th century public sensibilities.

• For his journey end in pursuing unrequited love and not the fight of pushing the literary envelope turns pathos into bathos.
• Considering unrequited love was the frame of John Keats’ poetic predecessars is cruel coincedence, and a cliff hanger to his character development.