* A poor fisherman casts his net four times‚ out of custom * First cast: caught a dead ass * Second cast: jar full of sand * Third cast: found potsherds‚ bones‚ and broken bottles * Forth cast: found a silver box‚ containing‚ Afrits‚ the genie * The fisherman is portrayed as a god fearing individual. Out of respect for his god‚ he bestows a form of blessing before and after he casts his net. * The moral of the story is what you do upon others‚ others will do upon you. ("Spare me‚ so god may
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In the poem ‘The Fisherman’ W.B Yeats presents his frustrations on how the Irish people have become‚ materialistic‚ greedy and one-dimensional‚ and how Ireland was full of creativity and culture‚ but is now being polluted by the lack of attention towards the art and creativity‚ leading towards this damaged Irish society. Yeats begins by using a symbolic image of a fisherman‚ and writes the poem for his own personal ideal audience. He opens the poem using a first person narrative‚ mixed with a simple
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MERMAID STORY: THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL by OSCAR WILDE This classic mermaid story was written as a reaction to Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Little Mermaid". In Andersen’s mermaid story the mermaid longs for a soul‚ here a fisherman longs to rid himself of his soul for the love of a mermaid. Andersen’s mermaid story is strongly Christian in it’s outlook and philosophy‚ Wilde’s is delightfully pagan. Here is a brief synopsis: A young fisherman fell in love with a mermaid and wanted to join her
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“The Fisherman and the Jinnee” Once upon a time‚ in a land far away There lived a fisherman who cast his net four times a day. On one certain day‚ no different than any other‚ He cast his net far out from the shore And waited for all the fish to come his way. The net became so heavy‚ and he pulled it with all his might But he could not pull that net in‚ without a fierce fight. That first cast he pulled in‚ was a strange dead donkey The second time‚ was an earthen vessel with mud and
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Two Fisherman The integrity of an individual is not revealed when that person is in their comfort zone. It is only when that individual is put under pressure that the true nature of their being is revealed. In Morley Callaghan’s short story "Two Fisherman"‚ the protagonist‚ Michael Foster‚ is put in a position where he must choose to stand up and protect an innocent man he has become friends with‚ or to meld into the hatred of the crowd and lose his identity. When the time comes to for Michael
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1001 Nights “The Fisherman and the Jinnee” contains several themes that can be useful in many ways. One theme is that intelligence and wit can open doors but it is how people use intelligence and wit that will get them through the open doors. This theme is displayed when the fisherman‚ who is of average intelligence‚ tricked the gullible jinnee. Undoubtedly‚ as a spirit‚ the jinnee possessed knowledge but his intelligence was overshadowed by his ego. He was confident that he had finally
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survived the worst. The “Fisherman" by Kurt Brown‚ tells a tale of a man fishing every day in hopes of catching something beyond him. This poem represents our lives and is a direct metaphor of the duality of success and failure. Our lives can relate to this poem because there comes a time in our lives‚ when we realize the world has so much to offer us. In order to see and feel the many wonders in life‚ risk needs to be put forth. Life does do not come to us‚ like the fisherman; who continues to cast
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power of (her storytelling/stories) to inspire Shahryar to change his attitude towards women. “The Fisherman and the Bottle‚” is a story that shows the king he shouldn’t take his anger out on the third party. In the story “The Fisherman and the Bottle‚”The main characters Jinni‚ and the fisherman‚ represents the king and queen in that the share the same conflict. The pot Jinni gave the pot to the fisherman as a gift for him to have. In “The Tail of the Mutton‚” Shahrazad uses the power of (her storytelling/stories)
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Nadia Wu Modern World Literature 2721 Section 1 The Fisherman’s Return I paced about anxiously as I waited for his return. How am I going to tell him the news? How would he react? What would he have to say? These thoughts ran through my mind as I tried to figure out a way to break the news gently to him. My husband was not known for being the most complacent person in our village. His terrible fits of anger had the tendency to bring a few of our neighbors to our doorstep a
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“The Fisherman and the Jinnee” A long time ago‚ there was a poor fisherman who used to cast his net four times a day. One day‚ when he first cast his net‚ he found a dead donkey in it. He said‚ “By Allah‚ this is a strange catch!” but he cast his net again‚ invoking Allah’s help. This time‚ he discovered a large earthen vessel in his net. Angrily‚ he threw the vessel away and tried casting his net again but when he lifted it‚ he just found bones and broken glass inside. Before making his last endeavor
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