AFRICAN 210 Study Guide - Final Guide: Armless, The Guardians Of Time
30 Oct 2014
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Sons as boys are childhood, as men are adulthood. Girl= real rop, boys= fantasy rop, mirroring. Past=animal past (brothers move from dove to human, girl moves from child to adult) Motif=transformation and identity (girl transforms brothers into doves then back again) Old woman leads girl to maturity by using boys as tests, also as mirror (she is magical helper) old generation guarantees continuity, passing on to next generation. Girl=least likely hero (acceptance of woman as leader, queen) Death and resurrection motif images: twelve coffins, brothers" law (death to females), deaths of brothers, near fire death of girl, cemetery death images=death of childhood past. Girl is not woman just from marriage, must first find own identity. Two separations, first from home, emphasize independence. Nature images are positive, developing wisdom, harmony with nature. Main pattern dramatizes ordeal (loss of human identity, compared to animal: return to this pattern after leaving in-laws (second separation)
