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Mount Etna
Aetna
also: Aethna, Etna, Aetna
Mount Etna, the great active volcano in eastern Sicily; visible from the coast of southern Italy on clear days. Used by Madách as a sublime natural image in Sanchia's dawn monologue at the opening of Act Three.
Reading notes
- First Attempts (Juvenilia) §55 Etna's breast
Mount Etna, the active volcano in Sicily; a classical image for volcanic passion spent and collapsed into ash, used here as a figure for hope burned out from within.
- Andrew of Naples §3 Aetna
Mount Etna, the great volcano in Sicily, visible on clear days from the coast of southern Italy; Madách uses it as a natural sublime image in Sanchia's dawn monologue.