“The House of Asterium” by Jorge Luis Borges an amazing story about a prisoner that sees the prison as a castle and himself like Asterion a prince. Theseus the names that Borges give to this character is the reality of many prisoners today. In this essay he is writing a letter to Ariadne, by the form he refer to her in his letter we can assume that she is his love. Theseus in his infinity of letter to Ariadne related the way that he lived and see the life in jail. Borges tried to confuse the reader comparing the live of one prisoner in jail with a prince in a castle. Theseus in his desperation many time imagined the jail with female pomp or gallant court formality, but the reality is that does not have anything of this, because when he open her eyes he face with the reality. In this incredible story we can esteemed another story for this wonderful written that has been written infinity of beautiful story and poems.
Cited:
Book: Arguing Through Literature, by Judith Ferster
Title: “The House of Asterion” pages 99-101, by Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
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