The Rose Elf Rhetorical Analysis Essay
Danielle Sherstad
Merle Alix
English II
30 January 2015
Rhetorical Analysis of “The Rose-Elf” The Rose-Elf “Written by Hans Christian Anderson” is one of his lesser known pieces of literature but like so many of his works he tells quite an interesting and sad story that ends with justice done. There are many meanings that one could take from the story; ones of revenge, romance or that no matter how small one is they are important, but one of the more prominent themes is one of life. Such as the way circumstances in and of life are constantly changing, how nothing is guaranteed or stays the same. All earthly creatures have an end; they last only a short time and then die. Anderson’s The Rose-Elf is a short story about the impermanence of life. …show more content…
“Now he is forgotten and gone! thought the evil brother” (Anderson 389). Now that he had gotten rid of his sister’s lover she would forget him and he would keep her. While the sister is at home believing that one day her lover would return even though he is dead. Neither of them had thought or wanted their lives to change and in resistance to that change the brother killed the one who had gotten in the way. So the woman’s lover was gone as well as their romantic relationship. Not even relationships or bonds can last forever. When someone is gone out of their life it can be easy to forget them and many times one tries to forget to move on. The brother was hoping for this to happen to his sister, believing that just because her lover is now gone from the earth that he would be forgotten and of the lover was forgotten his existence would really be gone. Now that the woman’s lover is dead she is in despair. Grief overtaking her, she refuses to eat and grows paler everyday weeping over the flowerpot. Though her depression did not last forever, although it ended through her death, it did end. She may have died never knowing that it was her brother who had killed her lover but that did not matter because she had received what she wanted. She was reunited with her lover in heaven and was no longer in despair (Anderson 392). The sister’s sadness had ended as well as her life, both lasted only a short time on the
Merle Alix
English II
30 January 2015
Rhetorical Analysis of “The Rose-Elf” The Rose-Elf “Written by Hans Christian Anderson” is one of his lesser known pieces of literature but like so many of his works he tells quite an interesting and sad story that ends with justice done. There are many meanings that one could take from the story; ones of revenge, romance or that no matter how small one is they are important, but one of the more prominent themes is one of life. Such as the way circumstances in and of life are constantly changing, how nothing is guaranteed or stays the same. All earthly creatures have an end; they last only a short time and then die. Anderson’s The Rose-Elf is a short story about the impermanence of life. …show more content…
“Now he is forgotten and gone! thought the evil brother” (Anderson 389). Now that he had gotten rid of his sister’s lover she would forget him and he would keep her. While the sister is at home believing that one day her lover would return even though he is dead. Neither of them had thought or wanted their lives to change and in resistance to that change the brother killed the one who had gotten in the way. So the woman’s lover was gone as well as their romantic relationship. Not even relationships or bonds can last forever. When someone is gone out of their life it can be easy to forget them and many times one tries to forget to move on. The brother was hoping for this to happen to his sister, believing that just because her lover is now gone from the earth that he would be forgotten and of the lover was forgotten his existence would really be gone. Now that the woman’s lover is dead she is in despair. Grief overtaking her, she refuses to eat and grows paler everyday weeping over the flowerpot. Though her depression did not last forever, although it ended through her death, it did end. She may have died never knowing that it was her brother who had killed her lover but that did not matter because she had received what she wanted. She was reunited with her lover in heaven and was no longer in despair (Anderson 392). The sister’s sadness had ended as well as her life, both lasted only a short time on the