William Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest and Stephen Chbosky’s novel ‘the Perks of being a Wallflower’ explore the notion of discovery. Discoveries can be life altering, changing an individual’s mindscape. Through the diverse and complex characters in both texts, the ideas that discoveries encompass rediscovering, discovering something for the first time and the presentation of understanding through discoveries.
The experience of discovering what was forgotten can be seen through the character Miranda in William Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’. As a result of a shipwreck in a storm at the beginning of the play, Miranda stumbles upon a man who causes her confusion. “What is 't? a spirit?” Miranda’s questioning of what Ferdinand was gives the audience …show more content…
His aunt Helen was his "favourite person in the whole world" (page 26). Growing up, Aunt Helen was molested by a friend of her family and like a cycle, it continued to her molesting Charlie at a young age. However the audience, like Charlie, isnt aware of this until the end of the text. Throughout the novel, Charlie experiences flashbacks of memories with his aunt Helen. The use of flashbacks are used to recount events that happened before the story 's primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory. As a child, Charlie was sexually abused by his aunt Helen which he has forgotten until one night, an experience with Sam the girl he loves triggers a memory of his aunt Helen. "I kind of figured out that everything I dreamt about my Aunt Helen was true. And after a while, I realized that it happened every Saturday when we watched television."(page 208). Charlies discovery of what he has forgotten, doesn’t lead him to hate his aunt Helen, instead he understands and forgives …show more content…
“I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my face. Not caring if I saw downtown. Not even thinking about it. Because I was standing in the tunnel. And I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel infinite.” (page 213). The tunnel is a metaphor of Charlie’s passage from adolescence to adulthood, from a wallflower to active teenager, from loner to loyal friend. In the end, Charlie understands that he is no wallflower after all, nor has he ever been one to be
The experience of discovering what was forgotten can be seen through the character Miranda in William Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’. As a result of a shipwreck in a storm at the beginning of the play, Miranda stumbles upon a man who causes her confusion. “What is 't? a spirit?” Miranda’s questioning of what Ferdinand was gives the audience …show more content…
His aunt Helen was his "favourite person in the whole world" (page 26). Growing up, Aunt Helen was molested by a friend of her family and like a cycle, it continued to her molesting Charlie at a young age. However the audience, like Charlie, isnt aware of this until the end of the text. Throughout the novel, Charlie experiences flashbacks of memories with his aunt Helen. The use of flashbacks are used to recount events that happened before the story 's primary sequence of events to fill in crucial backstory. As a child, Charlie was sexually abused by his aunt Helen which he has forgotten until one night, an experience with Sam the girl he loves triggers a memory of his aunt Helen. "I kind of figured out that everything I dreamt about my Aunt Helen was true. And after a while, I realized that it happened every Saturday when we watched television."(page 208). Charlies discovery of what he has forgotten, doesn’t lead him to hate his aunt Helen, instead he understands and forgives …show more content…
“I was suddenly very aware of the fact it was me standing up in that tunnel with the wind over my face. Not caring if I saw downtown. Not even thinking about it. Because I was standing in the tunnel. And I was really there. And that was enough to make me feel infinite.” (page 213). The tunnel is a metaphor of Charlie’s passage from adolescence to adulthood, from a wallflower to active teenager, from loner to loyal friend. In the end, Charlie understands that he is no wallflower after all, nor has he ever been one to be