uffering is the only solution without Lotte, or without love in general. Moreover, Werther starts to fantasize about marrying Lotte in the afterlife: “ Lotte, I said, giving her may hand, my eyes filled with tears, shall see each other again! We shall meet again, both here and in the hereafter.” His dream will realize itself only if he dies, therefore, he must kill himself. His lost of moral sense is demonstrated by his defense of the servant who killed the widow. At the end, Werther comes to the conclusion that he must commit suicide in order to escape pain and avoid hurting others. In addition, Werther may realized that due to his constant isolation and ongoing solitude he will not be able to experience true love again.Werther, thus, does not commit suicide in order to hurt himself, Albert or Lotte but he cannot bear to continue living in complete solitude. As an artist with strong opinions about the arrogance of aristocrats and the monotonous lifestyle of lower class labor, Werther is completely incapable of establishing close relations with people he did not believe were equal to him. As a result o desperation, he creates an ideal in Lotte who, however, can never love him back. Not only due to her engagement to Albert but also due to the large support she got from her family, in opposition to Werther.This short novel, even though written almost 250 years ago, demonstrates that Werther’s critique of society is still relevant in today’s society. It does not matter whether one is an aristocrat or a low class worker, everybody at the end need “empathic love.”7 As Goethe claims in page 64 of his work “Without doubt, the only thing that makes Man’s life on earth essential and necessary is love.”...
