tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883000415913831923.post2663156509333533765..comments2023-12-29T13:38:34.344+00:00Comments on Butter tar ordet: Ur En mycket gammal man med ett par enorma vingar av Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014)Petter Malmberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00491377565716476960noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6883000415913831923.post-51169362038733929362014-12-27T10:43:45.432+00:002014-12-27T10:43:45.432+00:00Symbols
Wings
"Wings represent power, speed...Symbols<br /><br />Wings<br /><br />"Wings represent power, speed, and limitless freedom of motion. In the Christian tradition, angels are often represented as beautiful winged figures, and García Márquez plays off of this cultural symbolism because, ironically, the wings of the “angel” in the story convey only a sense of age and disease. Although the old man’s wings may be dirty, bedraggled, and bare, they are still magical enough to attract crowds of pilgrims and sightseers. When the village doctor examines the old man, he notices how naturally the wings fit in with the rest of his body. In fact, the doctor even wonders why everyone else doesn’t have wings as well. The ultimate effect is to suggest that the old man is both natural and supernatural at once, having the wings of a heavenly messenger but all the frailties of an earthly creature."<br /><br />Sparknotes.com<br />Agneta MalmbergAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com