Hyperion, Part 2, Chapter 7 summary
Part 2, Chapter 7 of 40 · 9 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 7, Flemming joins the Baron on a journey toward Ems, stopping at a mill and reaching Frankfort, where poetry, music, and dance stir their feelings. Their pleasure meets a sharp contrast when the empty theater loses its enchantment and a husband speaks of his dancer wife as a commercial attraction.
What happens
- Letters from the Baron’s sister prompt him to invite Flemming on a journey to Ems.
- They travel along the Bergstrasse and stop overnight at a mill in the Valley of Birkenau.
- Beside the stream, they discuss how landscape, solitude, and passing feelings shape German songs.
- In Frankfort, they hear Don Giovanni and admire a ballet dancer while laughing at a disapproving spectator.
- The Baron asks to remain after the performance so they can experience the deserted theater’s strange atmosphere.
- They overhear a man discussing his dancer wife’s engagements in terms Flemming initially mistakes for talk about a horse.
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The correction ends the chapter by contrasting the dancer’s enchanting performance with her husband’s businesslike treatment of her.
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Why does the Baron ask Flemming to remain after the performance?
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