Pale Fire: A Magazine in 12 Projects Group Three | Page 31

fortunes.
The poem on the separately as to provide a
right was intended to be background for the stories,
about Charles Kinbote griev- and then the pieces will be
ing over his late friend John analyzed together. When the
Shade and discussing how he novel is analyzed, many over-
never got the respect that laps are seen between the
Kinbote de- two pieces of literature, mak-
served. This poem was writ- ing it possible to interpret
ten by intentionally copying Pale Fire as an homage to Ti-
Shakespeare’s work to show mon of Athens. The new po-
how the meaning could cor- em itself will also be analyzed
relate to Nabokov’s work. Two (in a fashion that plagiarizes
nearly identical poems are the format of the commen-
compared tary in Pale Fire ) to discuss
with
believed
here,
different
he
but
both
meanings
how
changes
were
made
based on a change of names from the original lines in Ti-
and scenery. This could very mon of Athens.
well have been how Nabokov
intended his novel be: retell-
The first poem was taken
ing a story with a different
from Timon of Athens and is
premise to prove a point. To
spoken towards the end of
analyze how the two works
the play. The play centers
are similar, the pieces of liter-
around a very generous man
ature will first be analyzed
named Timon. Timon is very
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