Brayan Martinez
July 27, 2016
Professor Lennertz
The Importance of Red Story-telling was a very big part of Ancient Greeks. Story telling was just as important as philosophy, intellect, and fashion, which were among the things that defined what Ancient Greece was about. In the book, The Autobiography of Red: A novel in Verse by Anne Carson, she tells the story of Geryon and Herakles. One thing to point out is how significant the color red is throughout the novel and that Carson uses it to her advantage. By using the color red Carson helps us understand the main differences between Geryon and Herakles. Geryon was looked at as the antagonist throughout Carson’s novel. Since the beginning of the book it was noted that Geryon had been living a bad childhood. He was the child of a useless mother and his father was not present in his life. Geryon’s older brother betrayed him by sexually abusing him. The color red comes into play in the beginning of the book. Geryon’s childhood was red and everything about Geryon red as well. Geryon was surrounded by the color red.This is important to note because the author starts using the color red since the beggining of her novel, this lets us know that the color red is going to be important as the novel the continues and progresses. Carson states in her novel that “Geryon was a monster everything …show more content…
The color red to many of us, usually represents evil and a sign that a character will not be a good one. Carson throughout the novel emphasizes how Geryon is look at as a monster and that he is “the other” character in the novel.A question such as “Why is Geryon red” should arise in people’s minds after reading Carson’s Autobiography of Red. Carson uses the color red throughout the novel because Geryon is the color red. Since the beginning of the novel Geryon is looked at as the red character in the
July 27, 2016
Professor Lennertz
The Importance of Red Story-telling was a very big part of Ancient Greeks. Story telling was just as important as philosophy, intellect, and fashion, which were among the things that defined what Ancient Greece was about. In the book, The Autobiography of Red: A novel in Verse by Anne Carson, she tells the story of Geryon and Herakles. One thing to point out is how significant the color red is throughout the novel and that Carson uses it to her advantage. By using the color red Carson helps us understand the main differences between Geryon and Herakles. Geryon was looked at as the antagonist throughout Carson’s novel. Since the beginning of the book it was noted that Geryon had been living a bad childhood. He was the child of a useless mother and his father was not present in his life. Geryon’s older brother betrayed him by sexually abusing him. The color red comes into play in the beginning of the book. Geryon’s childhood was red and everything about Geryon red as well. Geryon was surrounded by the color red.This is important to note because the author starts using the color red since the beggining of her novel, this lets us know that the color red is going to be important as the novel the continues and progresses. Carson states in her novel that “Geryon was a monster everything …show more content…
The color red to many of us, usually represents evil and a sign that a character will not be a good one. Carson throughout the novel emphasizes how Geryon is look at as a monster and that he is “the other” character in the novel.A question such as “Why is Geryon red” should arise in people’s minds after reading Carson’s Autobiography of Red. Carson uses the color red throughout the novel because Geryon is the color red. Since the beginning of the novel Geryon is looked at as the red character in the