THE FLY STORY BY KATHERINE MENSFIELD

Posted on 29 September 2014 at 10:17

ANS;THE FLY IS VERY BEAUTIFUL SHORT STORY WRITTEN BY KATHERINE.THIS STORY IS VERY SYMBOLIC .AS THE TITLE OF THE STORY SUGGESTS THE THEME.MAIN THEME OF THE STORY IS CONQUEST OF TIME OVER GRIEF.TIME HAS A GREAT HEALING POWER AND HEALING WATER OF TIME IS ALL AROUND US. IT HEALS UP EVERY SCAR OF GRIEF.MAIN CHARACTER WOODIFIELD ALSO IS PREY OF FATE.AND HE HAS HA GRIEF OF DEATH OF HIS YOUNG AND ONLY SON.HIS SON DIED 2TWO YEARS AGO IN WORLD WAR,AT THAT TIME WHEN HIS GRIEF WAS FRESH HE FELT THAT HE WILL NEVER EVER B ABLE TO LEAD A NORMAL LIFE AFTER DEATH OF HIS BELOVED SON.BUT WITH PASSAGE OF TIME ,HEALING POWER OF TIME HEALED UP HIS GRIEF.WHEN HIS FRIEND CAME TO MEET HIM IN OFFICE AND REMINDS HIM ABOUT HIS SON'S DEATH .BUT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO WEEP.AFTER DEPARTURE OF HIS FRIEND HE TRIED TO WEEP BUT HE COULD NOT SO TO CONCLUDE WE CAN SAY THAT THE MAIN THEME IS CONQUEST OF TIME OVER GRIEF.ANOTHER THEME OF THE STORY IS NO MAN CAN ESCAPE FROM ICY CLUTCHES OF DEATH.AND MAN IS HELPLESS BEFORE FATE.