Cross Genre Analysis
Writers commonly express their ideas by using a universal theme in their literary works to entertain their readers. Common or reoccurring themes can help a reader to connect to the writer’s piece for example some common themes are death, love, and disappointment. In the literary work’s, we have read there are several reoccurring themes but the one that stands out the most is death. The theme death arises in the poem “Porphyria’s lover”, the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” and the drama Oedipus the King. Each one of these literary works illustrates death in a diverse way that makes the work unique, however they all ultimately include murder.
The poem “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning tells a detailed story of …show more content…
Unlike the poem “Porphyria’s Lover”, this story gives a reason for the murder. Poe’s short story describes a man, Montresor, looking for revenge on a man named Fortunato who was once his friend. The writer goes as far as to say Montresor “vowed revenge” (page 183). Montresor lures Fortunato into his family vaults with the promise of amontillado and ultimately leaves him to die chained and bricked in. Although the literary works tell vastly different stories they do have significant similarities as well. Both literary works encompass very cold hearted main character who intentionally murder people they had once been moderately close …show more content…
Oedipus the King follows the same theme of death and murder, but has more differences than the other two literary works I chose. In the drama, Oedipus is a king who ran away from home to avoid the fate of killing his own father and lying with his mother. Along his way, Oedipus kills a man and takes over a new area becoming king. In the end, it turns out Oedipus had been adopted and therefore the parents he was protecting when he left were not his at all and the man he killed in the past was his biological father. Although, Oedipus avoided murdering his father in the end it turns out he was unable to avoid his fate, Oedipus exclaims “All come true, all burst to light!” (line 1305) Oedipus is different from the main characters from the other literary work discussed earlier because unlike them he did not intend or plan how to kill his parents instead he avoided
Writers commonly express their ideas by using a universal theme in their literary works to entertain their readers. Common or reoccurring themes can help a reader to connect to the writer’s piece for example some common themes are death, love, and disappointment. In the literary work’s, we have read there are several reoccurring themes but the one that stands out the most is death. The theme death arises in the poem “Porphyria’s lover”, the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” and the drama Oedipus the King. Each one of these literary works illustrates death in a diverse way that makes the work unique, however they all ultimately include murder.
The poem “Porphyria’s Lover” by Robert Browning tells a detailed story of …show more content…
Unlike the poem “Porphyria’s Lover”, this story gives a reason for the murder. Poe’s short story describes a man, Montresor, looking for revenge on a man named Fortunato who was once his friend. The writer goes as far as to say Montresor “vowed revenge” (page 183). Montresor lures Fortunato into his family vaults with the promise of amontillado and ultimately leaves him to die chained and bricked in. Although the literary works tell vastly different stories they do have significant similarities as well. Both literary works encompass very cold hearted main character who intentionally murder people they had once been moderately close …show more content…
Oedipus the King follows the same theme of death and murder, but has more differences than the other two literary works I chose. In the drama, Oedipus is a king who ran away from home to avoid the fate of killing his own father and lying with his mother. Along his way, Oedipus kills a man and takes over a new area becoming king. In the end, it turns out Oedipus had been adopted and therefore the parents he was protecting when he left were not his at all and the man he killed in the past was his biological father. Although, Oedipus avoided murdering his father in the end it turns out he was unable to avoid his fate, Oedipus exclaims “All come true, all burst to light!” (line 1305) Oedipus is different from the main characters from the other literary work discussed earlier because unlike them he did not intend or plan how to kill his parents instead he avoided