Arcybaszew, śmierć i mucha. O Sali nieuleczalnie chorych słów kilka
Artsybashev, death and fly. Several words about Untreatable patients ward

Author(s): Justyna Tymieniecka-Suchanek
Subject(s): Studies of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: This article examines the problem of man’s attitude towards death, it analyses antithesis: natural (the world of ill people) — artificial (figure of the physician) and describes the symbolism of a fly in the Mikhail Artsybashev’s story Untreatable patients ward. The author of the article comes to the conclusion that fly as an insect of “inferior world” — the world of decomposition and death — performs completely different role: the fly transforms into a symbol of life and vital force. It changes into a mediator between life and death. The fly anticipates a “rebirth” of the boy, the only character in the story who will recover.

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