The Shape of the Sword by Borges is a good insight into man’s realization of his flaws and how they can stay with the person to haunt them. The themes of identity and betrayal in the story are explored with someone we see as an everyday hero, a soldier who fought in a war. This was cleverly used as even if the story was made in the 1940’s it is still very common to see soldiers fighting for their country even in 2016. This work in particular is able to connect a common sin of man and with the character in the story, Borges is able to show humanity to a crime we would see as terrible.
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This work by Borges is a very interesting one. We see that he usually tackles identity and purpose in his stories (The Circular Ruins being an example, with a character who turns out to not truly know where he came from til the end of the story). He tackles identity in this story in a very interesting manner. He uses two literary devices, the first being flashback and the second is the use of a double in the story. A double is often used to show similarity between characters, think of it as a twin that highlights one of the characteristics of a character. Borges uses this device in the story to show how the Englishman used to identify himself similarly to the patriot he killed in the story. He was a righteous man who wanted to serve his country but ended up betraying his comrades and …show more content…
The mistake the Irishman commits is not one that is uncommon in the world. Man commits common mistakes but the degree of the mistake varies. Betrayal is done everyday in the world in some shape or form but for Moon it left with him a permanent reminder. Betrayal of his comrades was supposed to be swift and easy to dismiss yet the reminder of it has stayed with him. Moon has not atoned for his sins and has not served penance and wastes his days away in the bar as a
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This work by Borges is a very interesting one. We see that he usually tackles identity and purpose in his stories (The Circular Ruins being an example, with a character who turns out to not truly know where he came from til the end of the story). He tackles identity in this story in a very interesting manner. He uses two literary devices, the first being flashback and the second is the use of a double in the story. A double is often used to show similarity between characters, think of it as a twin that highlights one of the characteristics of a character. Borges uses this device in the story to show how the Englishman used to identify himself similarly to the patriot he killed in the story. He was a righteous man who wanted to serve his country but ended up betraying his comrades and …show more content…
The mistake the Irishman commits is not one that is uncommon in the world. Man commits common mistakes but the degree of the mistake varies. Betrayal is done everyday in the world in some shape or form but for Moon it left with him a permanent reminder. Betrayal of his comrades was supposed to be swift and easy to dismiss yet the reminder of it has stayed with him. Moon has not atoned for his sins and has not served penance and wastes his days away in the bar as a