Cecilia s Death The Virgin Suicides - 976 Words

It is evident that Cecilia’s death is an influential event, especially to those close to her, in the passage from pages 152-153 on Jeffrey Euginides’ The Virgin Suicides. The author shows how Cecilia’s suicide attempts led to more frightening events; the deaths of her sisters. Cecilia’s death did not remain mysterious, but became the explanation for her sisters’ suicides. The people in the Lisbon’s community did not remain curious as to what caused Cecilia’s death because they think that it is better to stop future incidents. The people of the community think that Cecilia and her suicides are the reasons for the death of the remaining Lisbon girls. In order to express the influence of Cecilia and her suicide in relation to her sisters, the author accentuates the idea of the uncanny with the use of unrelated metaphors, such as cooking and disease, and imagery. The uncanny in this passage is expressed as something that is dark, uncomfort able, weird and dangerous. In this passage, the author conveys the claim with at least two formal elements. The first element that I will be talking about in this essay is metaphor. With the authors’ use of unrelated metaphors, the weirdness of the situation is emphasized. The author compares Cecilia’s suicide attempt to â€Å"cooking in the broth of her own blood†. Cooking can sometimes be dangerous. While cooking, there’s a chance of cutting yourself. Cecilia’s actions are similar to cooking because the way she did her first attempt at suicide isShow MoreRelatedAn Analysis Of Jeffrey Eugenides The Virgin Suicides And Edith Pearlman s `` Honeydew ``1616 Words   |  7 PagesJeffrey Eugenides’ The Virgin Suicides and Edith Pearlman’s â€Å"Honeydew† display how women are constantly suppressed by men s actions, while capturing the reaction women have to their suffering. 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