After reading the two text Swann’s Way: Overture by Marcel Proust and The Invention of Morel by Casares, readers see many similarities between the two plot. In the chapter Overture Proust have strange obsession toward a goodnight kiss from his mother. The whole chapter describe his urge for mother to come and tuck him into bed so he can earn a goodnight kiss from her. Whereas, in the story The Invention of Morel talk about a man who is fell in love with an image of Faustine on the island. Similarly, both text portray the men's obsession for women’s affection. Likewise, Young Marcel’s obsession for mother’s goodnight kiss seem a little too extreme for some readers whereas, for others it is understandable. Of those readers who believe that his request for mother’s affections may also perceive the story as young Marcel having incestual feelings towards his mother. However, readers can not make conclusion on such thought about Marcel, since Proust purposely hid his age from his audience. Therefore, readers can not make such claim on Marcel’s action in order to make judgment about his request. In addition, Proust left his readers questioning his obsession for the his mother’s to tuck him in bed and to give him a goodnight kiss. Due to the unknown age, readers suspect that perhaps Proust is just 6 years old versus a teenage boy. For instinct if, he were to be under 10 years old, the situation is sympathetic and understandable. Whereas, if he were to be a teenage boy then that is considered clingy. Much like his father had mentioned how he need to grow up and become a man instead of clinging onto his mother for a goodnight kiss like a little boy. Inspecting, from the way Proust describe his feelings and urge for a goodnight kiss from mother may have mislead some readers to believe that he have incestous feelings toward his mom. Proust describe his feelings as, “to say to her ‘Kiss me just once again,’ but I knew that then she would at once look displeased, for the concession which she made to my wretchedness and agitation in coming up to me with this kiss of peace always annoyed my father, who thought such ceremonies absurd, and she would have liked to try to induce me to outgrow the need, the custom of having her
By analyzing the use of symbolism, personifications, irony and foreshadowing by the two authors, it will become evident that their protagonists share similarities when dealing with the recurring theme of the tragedy of unrequited love.
Parents cling to their children wanting them to stay young forever, wanting endless memories and nothing to change, yet they must be able to part from these feelings to allow the child to grow. In the story “A Private Talk with Holly”, the author, Henry Felsen, uses symbolism to convey the central idea that if you love someone you have to let them go. When Holly, the main character of the story, talks to her Dad about changing her plans, he is faced with a difficult decision, but in the end he allows Holly to chase her dreams for her own good.
The first passage reveals the parallel suffering occurring in the lives of different members of the family, which emphasizes the echoes between the sufferings of the father and the narrator. The narrator’s father’s despair over having watched
The narrator and his father have the kind of relationship where on the surface it might come off as cold because they’re reserved and don’t openly share thoughts and emotions but, underneath it all, the narrator must feel some respect for his father because he still contemplates over the advice his father gave him.
Finally, Edna’s vulnerability to love and passion serves as a major contributing factor to her “defeat and regression” in the sense that it directly impacted some aspects of her despair and desire to escape from reality. The narrator reveals in Chapter VII, “[Edna’s] marriage to Leonce Pontellier was purely an accident,” (Chopin, 24). She simply becomes caught up in a moment of passion and impulsiveness, satisfied at the fact that her marriage would upset both her father and sister. In this sense, her rushing into marriage without a basis of love may be the root of her depressive episodes. Additionally, after Robert leaves for Mexico, Edna becomes overly anxious to receive letters from him, actually breaking into tears upon finally laying her eyes upon a letter from Robert addressed to Mademoiselle Reisz (Chopin, 86-87). This is a prime example of Edna’s vulnerability to love; her emotions are controlled by her “lover’s” presence and lack thereof, influencing and even worsening her sudden moments of dread and despair. Also, Edna succumbs to seduction by Alcee Arobin’s charm, first with a kiss (Chopin, 112) and then through sleeping with Arobin (Chopin, 125). Edna’s adulterous actions with Arobin are representative of the independent will she now possesses and has displayed in the past in her
This highlights the realistic atmosphere prevailing as well as reflects the true meaning of relationship. The readers are exposed to the mother-son relationship. It can be seen that even if the narrator is a twenty-year old law student, he is still the little boy who needed his neck scrubbed from the point of view of the mother. Whatever good advice the son gives, it is not followed and instead he is given a lecture. This is a typical mother-son relationship which shows that no matter how much a child grows, he always remains a little kid for the mother. Moreover, the readers also notice the routine life of the narrator and his mother. The boy used to accompany his mother to work and help her which makes a four-hour job becomes two. There is solidarity, strong family bond and understanding between them because although he did not like his mother
To add on from the concrete dissimilarities of both author’s interpretations. Both pieces also have conflicting moral and this can be derived from the fact that the pieces were written in different time periods and two totally different authors. It is evident that both authors drew
4. Michele’s relationship with his mother is quite different to the one he has with his father. Rather than trying to impress his mother like he does with his father, he just tries to please her and make her happy rather than seeing her upset and angry. He saw his mother as a beautiful woman who he respected quite immensely. Michele seems to get along better with his father as his conversations with him are livelier than those between himself and his mother.
The similarities that connects these works in both “Lanval” and Wife of Bath’s Tale are that both men are knights to King Arthur. In “Lanval” the noble knight decides to falls for a fairly beautiful
While the theme of love itself, may it be positive or negative, is reoccurring, Marie’s presentation of romantic relationships and their differing qualities can be considered a theme alone. In “Guigemar”, the relationship between the knight and his lady represents loyalty, and an ability to heal or cure. Yet, the relationship between the beast and his wife in “Bisclavret” demonstrates the selfish and traitorous behavior that can occur between partners, especially if one has proved to be adulterous.
The dominant image of a father figure that we are left with after reading this poem is far from a loving or pleasant one. In fact, it is rather the opposite. The “Daddy” whom the speaker is addressing in this poem ends up being portrayed as a vampire, who “the villagers” (77) — perhaps the people surrounding the speaker— never seemed to be fond of. This strengthens the image of a highly dysfunctional relationship, rather than a “normal,” loving one. As readers, we have to ask ourselves about the reliability of Plath’s character; however, seeing as she is clearly emotionally unstable. We learn about at least one suicide attempt in the lines
It is with closer inspection of these three parts that the more generalized and abstract component of Schoenberg’s relationship to the Pierrot character can be surmised, in which Pierrot is viewed as the archetype of the creative individual in society. In the first part, Pierrot is presented as “a poet whose muse is the moon.” Having immediately established the moon as the sower of artistic inspiration in “Moondrunk,” Schoenberg goes on to present various scenes in which the poet’s fancy is enacted. In “Colombine” he wishes to woo his beloved with poetry, while in “The Dandy” he preens before his mirror, illuminated by moonlight and subsuming himself in it. The image of the poet (a clear stand-in for any artistic creator) as a being both inspired and apart is clear.
Although they both hold Petrarch's poem as the origin, they show the difference in the effects of the Neo-Platonism during the Renaissance. The notion that the need for love still existed, but the idea that perfect love could never exist was what basically what drove the entirety of their ideas, and what made them stream from the Petrarchan idea of idealistic love. Both authors while focusing on the idea that love can not be idealized show in their own depictions two different views of that love. They portray the means of keeping love or holding onto love with two different mind sets and basically help to back up the notion idealized love can not truly exist and can not be a product of only perfection.
Speaking on the concepts of time, memory, and narrative, "Swann 's Way" by Marcel Proust creates a literary artwork bathed in the exploration of identity through achronological excerpts. Each recollection the narrator experiences are packed with a specific and intense contextual message, providing the audience with a unique reading experience. This paper will serve as an analysis of the construction of text observed in "Swann 's Way," followed by an explication of two passages of choice and an accompanying interpretation of each text.
The phrase, "and might now very possibly be," exemplifies Proust's idea that although literally he is not anywhere aside from in his own bed, Marcel is--in some way--still at a time and location he experienced previously. The memory fills his body thus making his partial existence whole, a feat that alone--that is, without these subconscious thoughts--he could not accomplish. We see here a bit of 'foreshadowing de l'esprit,' as those same, undeterminable thoughts, Marcel will understand later, are some of the pieces to the solution he fails yet to realize he is searching for.