This term refers to the imagined nostalgia for the way things were at another time. In reality, what the people are nostalgic for never really existed, it is just a means to make others think that things were once better another time, and therefore motivate them to want to change. This technique was used by politicians to manipulate people into supporting them.
This term was introduced in class in relation to Antony and Cleopatra, specifically the way that the Romans discuss Antony. The Triumvirates display their nostalgia for the way Antony once was, the Roman that he used to embody. They are really expressing their nostalgia for the way Rome was. However, Rome was never really like that, they are just displaying their desire for what they want Rome to be.
Brittany Buckalew
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