While reading "The Tale of Genji" and "Song of Lasting Pain", one may note the distinct similarities in the plots. Both are of tales describing the affairs of a couple and various situations that they find themselves in. "The Tale of Genji" was written after "Song of Lasting Pain" and contains several references to its predecessor. One might also want to note that Murasaki modified the plot of "Song of Lasting Sorrow" with a little twist in "The Tale of Genji".
Both tales begin with a beautiful woman catching the eye of a very important man. In "The Tale of Genji", the Emperor treated Kiritsubo in a manner to command the jealousy of all of the other concubines. The Emperor went out of his way to show the favor of this lady over all others. The people who witnessed the manner in with Emperor treated Kiritsubo began to compare their relationship to the one in "Song of Lasting Pain". "People in general also began to find the situation unpleasant and distressing - bad enough to inspire comparisons with Yang Gui-fei" (Genji, 25). "Song of Lasting Pain" tells of His Majesty's encounter with the beautiful Yang Gui-fei during the bathing at the Hua-qing Palace. He was so interested in the beautiful Yang that he immediately sent servants in search of her fallowing the rituals. Soon after, they consummated their love and Yang lived as His majesty's primary wife just as Kiritsubo lived as the Emperor's wife. Both of the women were doomed to ill reputation because the men admired them to the extent that none of the other consorts could gain favor of the men.
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...Majesty and for this, one might realize that Murasaki modified the general plot of Song of Lasting Pain in composing The Tale of Genji.
It is now apparent that "The Tale of Genji" and "Song of Lasting Pain" can be compared to one another in many ways. Both relationships and events taking place have striking similarities as were noted above. It can also be concluded that Murasaki added a little twist in the plot of "Song of Lasting Pain" when writing "The Tale of Genji".
*It may be noted that "The Song of Lasting Pain" was referred to by different titles as it has not a single title that it is universally referred to as.
*All quotes denoted (Hong, xxx) were taken from the account to go with "Song of Lasting Pain" included in the excerpt that was handed out in class.
Pain did not matter to either character because their ideals were worth the pain. The Transgressor of the Unspeakable Word is an important detail and memory in his life because it foreshadows Equality 7-2521’s destiny to escape, his time in the Palace of Corrective Detention, and the value of “martyrdom,” the willingness to die or suffer for an ideal or belief. Like at the end of the book, Ayn Rand portrays the importance of human EGO.
both stories shared similar ending and moral which is receiving enlightenment in first hand. "The
First came the pride, an overwhelming sense of achievement, an accomplishment due to great ambition, but slowly and enduringly surged a world of guilt and confusion, the conscience which I once thought diminished, began to grow, soon defeating the title and its rewards. Slowly the unforgotten memories from that merciless night overcame me and I succumbed to the incessant and horrific images, the bloody dagger, a lifeless corpse. I wash, I scrub, I tear at the flesh on my hands, trying desperately to cleanse myself of the blood. But the filthy witness remains, stained, never to be removed.
“Mr. Rager”, the song, has overcome the poem, Dreams, by the use of personification, allusion, and symbolism. Rage has outranked chaos in personification by giving it the form of walking, talking, and having a journey or idea of where to go. Heaven in both, song lyrics and poem are nearly the same. Mr. Rager in song lyrics has bested the spirit in the poem by telling what Mr. Rager is doing and talking about him throughout the song lyrics. Song lyrics are on the verge of being the new style of
Unending exchange of bullets coming from rifles of the soldiers, a mother lamenting for the death of her young boy who goes to war, and great toll of loss life both of the soldiers and civilians- all these are not enough to describe the horrors brought by the war, but, these are enough to illustrate the price, expensive price, paid in war.
Blake, William. Song of Innocence and Songs of Experience. Dover Publications, Inc., New York: 1992.
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There are many similarities between different texts in literature as well as film. Many movies you see are alike. However, every one of them has their own perspective on the content that is presented. Two movies may have an almost identical plot line, but they change the way you view it. For example, there are many movies made about the well known story, Cinderella. They all follow one plot line; a girl’s father dies, and has to live with her wicked stepmother and step sisters whom she does all the dirty work for, a “fairy godmother” helps her sneak out to go to a dance but has to be back by 12:00 so her stepmother does not find out. The girl goes to the dance, meets her true love who just happens to be the guy every other girl is dying to have. She runs out before the clock strikes 12:00 and loses an item of hers that her true love just so happens to find. He uses it to find the girl and they live happily ever after. The well known stories of Pyramus and Thisbe and Romeo and Juliet are similar by two young people falling outrageously in love, the miscommunication, and the suicidal d...
...nd the theme of immortality. However, each presents it in different ways. The Epic of Gilgamesh presents true immortality as deeds and actions that will keep your names in the memory of the people forever. In The Odyssey immortality is presented as something that is less important than your family and the people you love. This is reflected in each of the heroes decisions to turn down immortality; Gilgamesh turns it down because he knows the suffering would never make it worth it and Odysseus knows that he would never get to see his family again if he accepted the offer. The moral really is consider all the consequences before accepting something that seems all well and good.
The Japanese medieval age consists of the Kamakura and Muromachi periods (from approximately 1185 to 1600). During this time, the political power was switching from the imperial family to a militaristic government. In addition, civil wars (from 1156 to 1568) were increasing throughout Japan. This change of centrality in society’s focus from court to warriors shifted the perception and style of Japanese literature.
In order to analyze how gender ideals in the Heian society were formulated and how they were expressed in the Genji Monogatari, it is necessary to have an understanding of the Chinese society from which they were derived. The Chinese works often alluded to in the Genji Monogatari are primarily from the Tang dynasty period of China(618-907AD), which formed the basis of the flourishing of Japanese culture during the Heian period.3 Therefore an analysis of Heian gender ideals must begin from the Tang dynasty court-life culture.