William Somerset Maugham is famous for portraying odd characters in his writings. His words, “I kept my eyes open for character, oddness, personality…” support the said view. Even the short story, The Lotus Eater’s main character, the lotus eater’s physical appearance, reveals W. Somerset Maugham’s eagerness to find uniquely odd and interesting characters. However, his […]
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Somerset Maugham’s The Lotus Eater deals with an exceptional storyline. It unfolds the bitter consequence related to the miscalculated pursuit of life. In short, Maugham’s short story contains a distinct theme focusing on the exceptional and rare human experience. The author presents a man, Thomas Wilson, who adopts an outlandish outlook towards the conventional estimation of […]
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William Somerset Maugham is a rare author whose major short stories are the best examples of first-person narration. That means readers can find a narrator who narrates the entire story in the first person. The Lotus Eater is one such short story where the first-person narrator Maugham narrates the entire story. A first-person narration means […]
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