A Map Out On the Symmetrical Life Cycle of Humans and Flowers through Cyber Literature
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.61841/103cyz05Keywords:
Flower, , Human life, Cyber Literature,, Sunflowers, Beauty and The Beast.Abstract
Flowers are associated with terms such as delicate, beautiful, and fragrant among other things. The transience of human life and flowers are fairly similar. This paper presents a view of the lives of two diverse and troubled individuals who are epitomized through flowers. Cyber literature is a new born among the varied genres of English Literature. This era of technological advancements help every single piece of literature to reach a wide spectrum of readers. This paper focuses on the personification of the sunflowers in the collection of poetry The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur, popularly known as the Instagram poet and the enchanted rose in the Disney movie, Beauty and the Beast. Beauty and the Beast (1991) is based on the French fairy tale that concentrates on the life of a prince who is cursed by an enchantress and transformed into a monster. The Sun and Her Flowers (2017) is a poetry book that details the trials and tribulations the poet faces in her life, which she recites with the image of sunflowers. The paper is an attempt to entwine the idea of the different stages of a sunflower and human life, as expressed in The Sun and Her Flowers, with that of the Beast’s connection to the mystical rose. From wilting to revival, a flower’s life is identical to the essence of human life.
Downloads
References
1. Kaur, Rupi. The Sun and Her Flowers. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2017.
2. Keats, John. Endymion. 1884.
3. Keller, Helen. The Story of my Life. Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 2010.
4. Menken, Alan, and Howard Ashman. Walt Disney Pictures Presents Beauty and the Beast. WI.H. Leonard Pub. Corp, 1991.
5. Wilde, Oscar. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Penguin, 2003.
6. Viires, Piret. "Literature in cyberspace". 2015.
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
Notices:
You do not have to comply with the license for elements of the material in the public domain or where your use is permitted by an applicable exception or limitation .
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
