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English
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From Arcadia to Elysium in The Magic Flute and Weimar Classicism: The Plan of Salvation and Eighteenth-Century Views of Moral Progression
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BYU Studies Quarterly
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2004
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43
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3
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Provo, UT
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Brigham Young University
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85-103
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"In contrast to the rather traditional linear depiction of progress in life’s journey found in The Magic Flute, Schiller examines progression from point A to point B more as a cyclical moral change of state within the individual than as a physical change of location. That is, Weimar Classicism traces humanity’s aesthetic and moral progression metaphorically from a paradisiacal but naive Arcadia through an educative cycle in search of maturity, truth, and improvement with the goal of one day returning to paradise. For those who have achieved an elevated level of moral awareness, this paradise will no longer be that naive Arcadia but rather a conscious Elysium. This Schillerian perspective not only enriches interpretations of the initiates’ progression in the The Magic Flute’s ritual journey but can also contribute to our understanding of the individual’s ascension in the 'eternal journey of man' in the Latter-day Saint plan of salvation." [Author]
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https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/from-arcadia-to-elysium-in-the-magic-flute-and-weimar-classicism-the-plan-of-salvation-and-eighteenth-century-views-of-moral-progression/