The Blue Stones By Isak Dinesen Pdf

Get an answer for 'What is the symbolism in the blue stones in Winter's Tales?' And find homework help for other Winter's Tales questions at eNotes. Best 320kbps mp3 download sites. Isak Dinesen Biography. Mini-Anthology and Prose Poem Supplements. The Blue Stones3 In a Isak Dinesen here was once a skipper who named his ship after his wife. He had the figurehead of it beautifully carved. As they parted the King gave him two big blue, precious stones, and these he had set into the face of his figurehead, like a pair of eyes to it.

The Blue Stones by Isak Dinesen Setting This story takes place in many places, such as Portugal, Elsinore, and Trankebar. Plot This story is about a skipper's wife who is jealous of the figurehead he made of her. She confronted him, saying he pays more attention to the figurehead then her.

He then said that the figurehead IS her. One day, he came home with two blue stones that he used for eyes for his figurehead. The wife demanded for them so she could get earrings. He denied, saying 'You wouldn't ask again if you understood.'

She went behind his back and switched the two blue stones out with blue pieces of glass. Her eyesight began to diminish and one day, the boat crashed in broad daylight. Point of View 'The Blue Stones' is in third person point of view. About the Author Character Development The skipper's wife was a jealous, self-centered woman in the beginning. As the story came to its ending, she felt guilt for what she did.

Theme The theme of the story is to us is that you should trust what your loved one is saying before you get yourself into a terrible situation. Karen Blixen was a Danish author who's pen name was Isak Dinesen. Webster lewis 8 for the 80s rar. She won many awards, such as great recognition, the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat, the Danish Ingenio et Arti medal, and made it on a shortlist of authors for the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature. She died in 1962 at the age of 77.