“Forgive my Guilt” and” Once Upon a Time” Consider the poems “Forgive my Guilt” and” Once upon a Time” Discuss the presentation of childhood in each poem. Identify one image in each poem and discuss how it shows this presentation. Identify one literary device in…
Essays on Once Upon a Time
by Gabriel Okara
The writers Nadine Gordimer and Salman Rushdie both use allegory in their works. Nadine Gordimer wrote the short story, “Once Upon a Time”, which talks about racial segregation in South Africa. Salman Rushdie wrote the novel, Haroun and the Sea of Stories, which talks about…
Tragically Ever After Usually in a fairytale, it’s expected to see a prince, a princess, and their devastating journey that always ends with true love and a happily ever after. Unfortunately for the characters in this fairytale, the story is reversed and the happily ever…
Best topics on Once Upon a Time
1. Once Upon a Time’s unusual use of literary elements to depict effects of segregation
2. Allegories of the perils of segregation used as political strategy in Once Upon a Time
3. Childhood romanticised in Forgive My Guilt and Once Upon a Time Poems