Pale Fire: A Magazine in 12 Projects Group Three | Page 81

James Lynott
a whole. Through the use of
allusions to plagiarism and a
Professor Beckwith
plot that seems to mirror
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Shakespeare’s play Timon of
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Athens , Nabokov analyzes the
very concept of plagiarism in
a way reflective of his post-
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modern literary context.[2]
(If you would like to purchase
a title for your paper, a charge Even before the narrative sim-
of $4.99 will be added to your ilarities between Pale Fire and
cart) Timon of Athens becomes
clear, Nabokov hints at his
playfulness
Benjamin Franklin once said
the
concept of plagiarism. The au-
“There is much difference be-
thor’s poet, John Shade, takes
tween imitating a man and
counterfeiting him.”.[1]
regarding
the title of his last work from
But
a line in Timon , saying “this
what is the true distinction
transparent thingum does re-
between inspiration and pla-
quire…some title”, and pro-
giarism? Nabokov examines
ducing then the phrase “Pale
this question in his novel Pale
Fire”. Nabokov uses this exam-
Fire , not only in its narrative
ple to accustom the reader
content, but in its structure as
blurry line between legitimate
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