I really thought that after Proust, the texts would get significantly more comprehensible. Wrong. I can’t even articulate my thoughts through the entire beginning of the text on here because it includes so much profanity. It’s entirely possible that I’m missing something because where does the whole play from the start come into relevance? I […]
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blog#6 – taming Chaos — The Duality of Cécile was by far the most captivating aspect of Bonjour Tristesse. Françoise Sagan’s ability to portray both a wild, cunning jealousy and guilt-ridden empathy and sorrow is what makes the book such an interesting read. The raw honesty and (at times, hesitant yet inevitable) introspection of Cécile’s own […]
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The Shrouded Woman by María Luisa Bombal uses imagery, symbolism, and many other smaller themes to show the contrast between life and death. The contrast between the beginning and the end shows the contrast between life and death in the order of a natural life cycle. In the very first section, a woman, (the shrouded […]
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