DISCUSSION: In context, romantic means
“idealized” or “not real”. Think of the word “Romanticism”.
Kahlo is imagining an Aztec society that never existed. Her idealized Aztec society is her idea for a better Mexican society.
Many use the wrong answers refer to the sense of “romantic” that relates to love.
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- Kahlo wasn’t trying to escape reality. She wanted to use her vision of the Aztecs to change reality.
- CORRECT. Kahlo was nostalgic for her imagined Aztec society. She idealized the Aztecs. She ignored their faults and increased their good qualities.
- Kahlo was certainly imaginative, but her Aztec visions were more than a flight of fancy. She wanted to use her vision of the Aztec world to reshape Mexican society.
- Impractical? Line 24 describes a type of nationalism that had practical, real-world consequences for Mexico.
- Overwrought? That means “too complicated”. Kahlo’s vision seemed fairly simple: The Aztecs had a better, Marxist society, and we should be more like them.
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