Essays Tagged: "Fisher King"
Unsatisfied Quest modernisum "Araby", by James Joyce compared to "Bartleby The Scrivener", by Herman Melville
in which a hero or a group of heroes seek to solve a problem. Traditionally the hero was sent by a fisher king to retrieve an object to restore the health of the kingdom. The modernist movement intro ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The Waste Land Section I: "The Burial of the Dead"
rituals in modern thought and religion; of particular interest to both authors is the story of the Fisher King, who has been wounded in the genitals and whose lack of potency is the cause of his coun ... and whose lack of potency is the cause of his country becoming a desiccated "waste land." Heal the Fisher King, the legend says, and the land will regain its fertility. According to Weston and Frazie ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The Absence of Fertility in T.S. Eliot's "The Wasteland"
hile constantly being reminded of humanity's former glories. Eliot often alludes to the myth of the Fisher King, who has sustained an injury to his testicles. This wound renders him infertile and caus ... is kingdom to become a wasteland, similar to the modern world. In order to regenerate the land, the Fisher King must be cured. However, Eliot believes that the Fisher King and by extension, modern soc ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The Grail Summary
he approaches a river that proves to be impossible to cross by horseback or foot. He encounters two fishermen and asks if there is a bridge nearby. The fisherman says that there is no way to get acros ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Defense Mechs In Lit
e use of defense mechanisms in the context of two works explored in class. These are the movie "The Fisher King" and David Hwang's M. Butterfly. Both of the lead characters in each of these works use ... d, destroyed with the explosion of a gun.Parry's world is destroyed by the death of his wife in the Fisher King. He is committed to an asylum. When he leaves and enters the world again, his vision of ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology