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A 3 page essay that offers a discussion and explication of Borges' short story "The Circular Ruins," which is a complex narrative that can be understood on many levels. Borges's protagonist is an elderly mystic who comes to the ruins to dream. The mention of the Zend language, at the beginning of the story, places the narrative in the Middle East, which is where human civilization is thought to be first existed. The nature of this story makes it apparent that Borges is not addressing literal, rational truths, but rather truth as it exists in the subconscious and dream worlds. As Ormsby (1999) points out, the rhythm of Borges use of language in his prose is even more poetic than in his verse. Therefore, an outsider's view of "The Circular Ruins" takes the form of investigating the meaning of this narrative from a standpoint of interpreting the story on a metaphorical level. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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the ruins to dream. The mention of the Zend language, at the beginning of the story, places the narrative in the Middle East, which is where human civilization is thought
to be first existed. The nature of this story makes it apparent that Borges is not addressing literal, rational truths, but rather truth as it exists in the subconscious and
dream worlds. As Ormsby (1999) points out, the rhythm of Borges use of language in his prose is even more poetic than in his verse. Therefore, an outsiders view
of "The Circular Ruins" takes the form of investigating the meaning of this narrative from a standpoint of interpreting the story on a metaphorical level. Sieber (2004) observes that
the "complex interaction of time and the fantastic" in the writing of Borges can be related to his use of simultaneity, which means that he applies the concept of simultaneity
to the "falseness or inherent contradictory nature of language as a system of representation," particularly in regards to time (p. 200). In other words, it is part of Western rationality
to think of time only in linear terms, as existing on a singular line that begins in the distant past and culminates in some unforeseeable future. Borges story, on the
other hand, proposes that time is circular and events are cyclical. The old mystic who dreams is dreaming specifically to create a man, a son. His dreams take various
forms and, in his first attempt, he dreams a whole stadium of students where "the faces of the farthest ones hung at a distance of many centuries and as high
as the stars" (Borges, 2005). From this audience, the old man will find one who is a "soul worthy of participating in the universe" (Borges, 2005). As this indicates the
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