The Cloven Viscount is a story about the aspects of man-kind. The splitting half of the Viscount into good and evil represents what is in each person. Both sides of the Viscount face conflict in their journey to win Pamela’s hand in marriage. The evil side of Viscount Merdardo believed that only evil in the people should prevail whereas the good side tried to make everyone’s lives perfect but in doing all this, he

This quote talks about the evil side of the Viscount and how he went around in the town and forest cutting things in half, and the half he left ‘standing’ was the same side as was left of him. At the end of the story, both the good and evil sides of the Viscount fight each other for the love of Pamela but they end up being stitched back together and by doing this, Italo Calvino shows that there is no such thing as a purely good or evil person in this world, everyone has both good and evil in them whether or not they know it exists.

‘Then the eye began to race, searching this way and that; and Frodo knew with certainty and horror that among the many things it sought he himself was one. But he also knew that it could not see him – not yet, not unless he willed it. The Ring that hung upon its chain about his neck grew heavy, heavier than a great stone, and his head was dragged downwards.’

‘ For the pears were not whole, but in halves, cut longways, and each still hanging on its own stalk; all there was of every pear was the right side (or the left according to which way one looked, but they were all on the same side) and then other half had vanished, cut or maybe eaten.’ “ The Viscount has passed by here!” said the servitors. (Calvino, Italo 1998 Our Ancestors Random House, Sydney)

The topic Fantasy is a very broad genre and involves many different kinds of characteristics but from this essay it is clear to say that one of the most common themes in Fantasy and Science Fiction is conflict and its resolution, both the mental and physical aspects of this. There would definitely be some types of Fantasy where this was not the case but it is safe to say that this is one of the more common themes.

This quote shows the immense power the ring has and the great dangers that are out there trying to make Frodo succumb to its power. Not only does he have to battle obstacles thrown at him with orcs but also his mental stability along the way. The power of the ring starts to take over Frodo and tries to make him succumb to the maker of the ring’s power, Sauron, but because of his st

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