Question: Analyze the theme of "right and wrong" in The Mason Wins the Prize
"Right and wrong" changes over the course of the periods and is seen differently depending on the time setting and a person's point of view. The theme of "right and wrong" is demonstrated throughout the story, The Mason Wins the Prize. The story The Mason Wins the Prize is a Chinese folktale that tells the story of a young mason who falls in love with a magistrate's daughter. Since the mason isn't at the same class level as the magistrate he can't marry her but, does the impossible in order to make his dream of marrying her come true. His mother speaks to the magistrate and begs him to allow her son to marry her daughter. The magistrate agrees but he gives him 3 …show more content…
In ancient China, the time period it was written in, it was okay because people used to tend to do that in order, like it's shown in the story, to keep a promise. The story continues and the mason and his new wife are living happily. The mason loves his wife so dearly that he never leaves her side so he won't bear being without her. She suggests that they paint a picture of her in order for him to keep her with him at all times and work at the same time. One day, the picture he keeps flew out of his hands and into the hands of the emperor. The emperor fell in love with the beauty in the picture and demanded the head eunuch to find her so he can marry her. When found, the wife comforts her husband and tells him that she will see him in three years with a six feet long onion and a dress made of feathers. The wife arrives at the palace, her face became hard as stone, she never smiled, and whenever the emperor came to visit she pretended to be ill. His love for her faded. When three years passed the husband came with said items. The wife burst out
"Right and wrong" changes over the course of the periods and is seen differently depending on the time setting and a person's point of view. The theme of "right and wrong" is demonstrated throughout the story, The Mason Wins the Prize. The story The Mason Wins the Prize is a Chinese folktale that tells the story of a young mason who falls in love with a magistrate's daughter. Since the mason isn't at the same class level as the magistrate he can't marry her but, does the impossible in order to make his dream of marrying her come true. His mother speaks to the magistrate and begs him to allow her son to marry her daughter. The magistrate agrees but he gives him 3 …show more content…
In ancient China, the time period it was written in, it was okay because people used to tend to do that in order, like it's shown in the story, to keep a promise. The story continues and the mason and his new wife are living happily. The mason loves his wife so dearly that he never leaves her side so he won't bear being without her. She suggests that they paint a picture of her in order for him to keep her with him at all times and work at the same time. One day, the picture he keeps flew out of his hands and into the hands of the emperor. The emperor fell in love with the beauty in the picture and demanded the head eunuch to find her so he can marry her. When found, the wife comforts her husband and tells him that she will see him in three years with a six feet long onion and a dress made of feathers. The wife arrives at the palace, her face became hard as stone, she never smiled, and whenever the emperor came to visit she pretended to be ill. His love for her faded. When three years passed the husband came with said items. The wife burst out