Reading Notes: Goblins: The Three Lovers, Part A
This story is part of the Twenty-Two Goblins unit. Story source: Twenty-Two Goblins, translated by Arthur W. Ryder, with illustrations by Perham W. Nahl (1917).
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Of the stories in reading part A, I found the Three Lovers story the most interesting due to its interesting character uses. The story was able to incorporate three different people into one overarching story very well. First, each of the three lovers had their own aspect to the revival of Coral. Although the story focuses on the third lover the most, each of the other two had their own connection to Coral. If I were to rewrite this story, I would stick with the same structure, but elaborate on the stories of the other two lovers. Since at the end of the original story, each lover proclaimed Coral to be his wife she he did "x", it would provide more substance if what each lover did have depth to it rather than a sentence or two. Aside from the lovers, I would of liked for the king to have a bigger role in this story. Possibly a different reaction when his daughter was brought back to life. When rewriting this story, adding in the king's story would be a nice addition along with the other two lovers.
With regards to the style of the writing, I would of preferred the dialogue be separated from the regular text. This stylistic choice was see in previous readings and made it much easier to follow the story.
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Of the stories in reading part A, I found the Three Lovers story the most interesting due to its interesting character uses. The story was able to incorporate three different people into one overarching story very well. First, each of the three lovers had their own aspect to the revival of Coral. Although the story focuses on the third lover the most, each of the other two had their own connection to Coral. If I were to rewrite this story, I would stick with the same structure, but elaborate on the stories of the other two lovers. Since at the end of the original story, each lover proclaimed Coral to be his wife she he did "x", it would provide more substance if what each lover did have depth to it rather than a sentence or two. Aside from the lovers, I would of liked for the king to have a bigger role in this story. Possibly a different reaction when his daughter was brought back to life. When rewriting this story, adding in the king's story would be a nice addition along with the other two lovers.
With regards to the style of the writing, I would of preferred the dialogue be separated from the regular text. This stylistic choice was see in previous readings and made it much easier to follow the story.
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