Asterion: The Monster's PerspectiveThe Monster's Loneliness: Jorge Luis Borges’s Minotaur
Abstract
In “La casa de Asterión”, a short story included in the book El Aleph, by Jorge Luis Borges, the protagonist, a Minotaur, shows his inner being, speak for himself, and expresses his point of view, according to which the human beings are monsters. His situation is that of a tragic character, he possesses a divine nature which bears with grief; he thinks he is able to liberate the young men who enter his “house” by killing them. The Minotaur also wishes for the redemption of something unbearable, so he barely defends himself from Theseus’attack. In this article the monstrous in literature is referred to, the labyrinths, the fantastic literature, and passages of studies and interviews with Borges about these themes are quoted, essential in his pages.Downloads
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