The Sorrows of Young Werther by Goethe is not just about a young man who is obsessed with a young woman and kills himself because he cannot have her. The main theme is more about passion. Werther is passionate about practically anything. Werther clearly values nature, youthfulness, society and the love for Lotte. He is totally dominated by his hopeless passion for all things in life. From the beginning of the story Werther takes particular …showed first 75 words of 1208 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1208 total…more accurately we do both. Werther writes, discovers, and defines himself through his writing. The drama that lies beneath this novel shows Werther’s true feelings and his sense of himself. The Sorrows of Young Werther is more than a story of doomed love; it explores the particular workings of desire in one individual. This novel also goes as far as to demonstrate that Werther’s critique of society is still relevant in today society.