"Tokyo Cancelled" by Rana Dasgupta. The Concept of Desire in the story "The Doll"
Author | : Lisa Kastl |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 15 |
Release | : 2014-01-22 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783656581703 |
ISBN-13 | : 3656581703 |
Rating | : 4/5 (703 Downloads) |
Download or read book "Tokyo Cancelled" by Rana Dasgupta. The Concept of Desire in the story "The Doll" written by Lisa Kastl and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2014-01-22 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Didactics for the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: 1,0, University of Stuttgart (Anglistik - Neuere Englische Literatur), course: G2: Current Indian Fiction, language: English, abstract: Desire is by definition the absence or the lack of something. Whatever this lack consists of is the object of desire. The story "The Doll" deals with different concepts of desire and each concept is attached to one or more different objects of desire. This essay will examine the different concepts of desire and their functioning as driving forces behind the caracters’ actions. Identifying the longing of the characters will help to analyse their behavioural patterns more precisely...