Comparative Analysis

"The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World" vs. "Die Lorelei"

INTRODUCTION:

            define fantasy

                    introduce what faction of Fantasy text a and text b are being analyazed for.

BODY PARAGRAPH 1

            discuss what type of fantasy A is and then what B is.

                        give five to six examples of why it's this type of fantasy

BODY PARAGRAPH 2

              discuss how diction helps the work move along.

                          give several detailed examples for the poem, five to seven for the prose but use more of plot and setting so you can discuss why the diction fits the style.

BODY PARAGRAPH 3

              discuss





notes on "The Handsomest Man in the World"

"Esteban" represents the beauty of the world. The women fantasize about how his life must've been beautiful.



                                !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THE LORELEI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fantasy about how a mermaid lures sailors to an early grave.

DICTION WORDS:

Fable:

a story about extradinary/supernatural beings/incidents/legends

fits into the analysis b/c the poem is a fable of Lorelei, a siren-like nymph.

Peak of a Mountain:

the top of a mountain

fits into the analysis b/c it is the perch from where Lorelei lures men/sailors to her death

references a rock called Lorelei Rock which is at the deepest and narrowest part of the Rhine river.

also the supposed abode of Lorelei

Evensong:

an evening prayer or chant

fits into the analysis b/c it disribes the intensity of which Lorelei sings

also the type of song Lorelei is singing (ode...etc...)

Anguish:

deep, agonizing pain/suffering

fits into the analysis b/c

Devoured:

swallow/consume ferociously

fits the analysis b/cit describes how the sankinto the deepest waters of the Rhine

Twilight:

the time b/wn night and day

fits into the analysis b/c it, in itself, references death

also that it becomes harder to steer vessels as the night fades making it much easier to crash into the gargantuan rock

      Lorelei

Rhine:

the river in Gmy where the Lorelei and her rock are located

fits into the analysis b/c it's the setting of the poem

Lorelei:

a nymph who lures men/sailors to their watery graves beneath the waves of the Rhine River

fits into the analysis b/c she's the protagonist

also the legend says that Lorelei was born when a young woman flung herself from the top of Lorelei Rock from a destitution

    of love from a faithless lover. When she died she was reicarnated into a lovely nymph who could bewitch men to their deaths just as a man bewitched her to hers.


SOUND DEVICES:

Setting Sun:

ALLUSIONS:

More lovely than a vision: metaphor that leads one to believe that the girl is more beautiful than anything imaginable. This seems to reference the myth of the Sirens.
"And this she did with her singing//the golden Lorelei": this is another reference to Siren mythology and the legend of Lorelei