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Brief Analysis Of The Bisclveret (Werewolf)
From the beginning of the story we know it will be about werewolves because of the tittle Bisclavret (The Werewolf). This is also clear from the beginning paragraph in the beginning of this story which explains the location of where this story will take place and the miseries of what people thought of werwolves. Not only dose this help with the setting but it also sets the seen in which this is not actually happening in real time but it had happen in the past in which someone is telling us the story. Looking at Bisclveret (The Werewolf), there is amazing nervation which makes the story feel that much more real. This can be seen in the beginning, thought, and at the end of the story. At the ending of the first paragraph, the narrator says, “I want to tell you about the Bisclavret.” The narrator wants to, or has a reason to share this story about a werewolf. Some questions instinctively cross my mind; why is Bisclavret important to this narrator? Did the narrator experience the situation himself? Is this story true? Just having a narrator guiding us thorough the story lets our mind wonder to questions that we may not have thought of instinctively. …show more content…
This is mostly likely do to how much back and forth narrating there is, but then there are parts when he pops back up again saying, “The wife letter married the other knight, who had loved her for so long.” I see now that this stands out because the tense switches from present tense to past tense. Each time the narrater talks in past tense I remember he is the one telling the story. This is also a fast way to skip chunks of time, such as this point where the side married again and Bisclavret lives in the deep forest until the king finds him. The narrator states, “A whole year passed,” but this also gives us readers a breather in the story, a place to reflect on what just happen and ponder what is to

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