Paragraph 6 Flashcards
S________, i_ t__ S______ R___, K____ u___ t__ c_______’ l___ f__ T_______ t_ d__________ t__ s_______ o_ h_____ t__ t____, a__ t__ c____ t___ e_____ f________ i__ r_________. [LINK TO QUESTION].
Similarly, in the Surgery Room, Kyoka uses the countess’ love for Takamine to demonstrate the strength of hiding the truth, and the chaos that ensues following its revelation. [LINK TO QUESTION].
T______ t__ c_______ s______ t___ T_______ “c_____’t h___ k____” a____ h__ l___ f__ h__, K____ a______ t_ a_ a_________ f__ t__ s_______ i_ t____ t_ k___ s___ a s_____. H______, K____ a___ p_______ t__ c____ t___ f______ t__ t____ t______ t__ c_______ “p_______ t__ s______” i___ h______, e_____ h__ l___ s________ t_ e_____ t__ t____, o_ a_ l____ s______’s j________ o_ i_.
Through the countess stating that Takamine “couldn’t have known” about her love for him, Kyoka alludes to an admiration for the strength it takes to keep such a secret. However, Kyoka also portrays the chaos that follows the truth through the countess “plunging the scalpel” into herself, ending her life seemingly to escape the truth, or at least society’s judgement of it.
T___ l____ t_ t__ s______ a__ o_ s______, s_______ o______ t_ d__ w___ h_____, p_______ a_______ t_ K____’s c________ o_ M____ s______ a__ i__ v_________ o_ f________ a__ d______ o___ t____.
This links to the samurai act of seppuku, stabbing oneself to die with honour, possibly alluding to Kyoka’s criticism of Meiji society and its veneration of falsehood and dignity over truth.
I_ a______ o_ h__ s____ s______, ‘T__ H___ M__ o_ M____ K___’, K____ p_______ a m__ w__ m___ f___ c____ i_ o____ t_ f___ h__ v_____, b____ e______ t_ t_________ u____ h_ e_________ a______ s________ b_ “[c______] [h__] w______ t_______”, s_________ t___ r________ h__ t___ “w______” t_______ i_ w___ e___ t__ c____.
In another of his short stories, ‘The Holy Man of Mount Koya’, Kyoka portrays a man who must face chaos in order to find his virtue, being exposed to temptation until he eventually attains salvation by “[curbing] [his] wayward thoughts”, suggesting that resolving his true “wayward” thoughts is what ends the chaos.
T_________ t___ s____ s____, K____ u___ w____ t_ r________ d_____ a__ c____, e_________ a_, w___ t__ m___ t____ f___ t__ r____ n___ t__ e__ o_ t__ s____, h_ i_ “e________ t_ s__ a m________ f___ h___”. H______, i______, K____ r___________ t__ “o__ m__” f___ e______ i_ t__ s____, w__ o_____ c______, l______ t_ t__ m___’s m___ b____ p_______, r________ t__ c____ a__ c_______ c________.
Throughout this short story, Kyoka uses water to represent danger and chaos, especially as, when the monk turns from the river near the end of the story, he is “expecting to see a messenger from hell”. However, instead, Kyoka reintroduces the “old man” from earlier in the story, who offers clarity, leading to the monk’s mind being purified, resolving the chaos and creating certainty.
T___ c________ p_______ i____ o_ t____ l______ t_ c____ a_, i_ t___ s____ s____, c____ a______ t_ b_ r_______ b_ t__ m___ f______ o__ t__ t____ a____ t__ w____. [LINK TO QUESTION].
This contrasts previous ideas of truth leading to chaos as, in this short story, chaos appears to be resolved by the monk finding out the truth about the woman. [LINK TO QUESTION].
