Question
In the story “the night face up” But he smelled death, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the blood-soaked figure of the executioner-priest coming toward him with the stone knife in his hand.
Where is the "blood-soaked figure of the executioner-priest" mirrored in the modern plot?
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When the man speaks with the patient in the next bed.
When the man speaks with the patient in the next bed.
When the man touches the cut on his face.
When the man touches the cut on his face.
When the man is approached by the surgeon in the hospital.
When the man is approached by the surgeon in the hospital.
When the man rides the motorcycle through the city streets.
Where is the "blood-soaked figure of the executioner-priest" mirrored in the modern plot?
Responses
When the man speaks with the patient in the next bed.
When the man speaks with the patient in the next bed.
When the man touches the cut on his face.
When the man touches the cut on his face.
When the man is approached by the surgeon in the hospital.
When the man is approached by the surgeon in the hospital.
When the man rides the motorcycle through the city streets.
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In the story "The Night Face Up" by Julio Cortázar, the blood-soaked figure of the executioner-priest can be mirrored in the plot when the man is approached by the surgeon in the hospital. This moment reflects a clash between life and death, as well as the man's struggle with his dual realities — one where he is a modern man in a hospital and the other where he is a victim of ritual sacrifice in the Aztec world. The surgeon, in a way, represents the authority in the modern world, similar to how the executioner-priest embodies the authority in the sacrificial context. Both figures symbolize the impending fate of the man, whether through healing or through execution.
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