Reading Notes Part A: Fables of Bidpai


  • First to note, I really took interest in how the Bidpai was able to reduce such mass amounts of reading into four paragraphs that summarized the main points of all the readings for the king. Since I am using the story of Romeo and Juliet, the original story is sought to be quite long and therefore implementing something as condensation of the story to the more important parts will be beneficial.
  • Secondly, the overall theme of testing ones values/beliefs for if they are good, the recipient gifts the other with good things. Once again relating to my project, this theme is one I would like to employ in one of my versions of Romeo and Juliet. Being that in the original story, it was mostly centered on the tragedy, I would like to incorporate the test of good/bad and having the consequences shown.
  • Lastly, seeing in the story of Romeo and Juliet, the thoughts of being superior or having really big dreams instead of thinking about the current times led the characters into tragedy. As seen in the stories of "Poor Man, Rich Man, Young Man", due to each character's mindset it caused  repercussions. From reading, I would like to imply a moment when the character has such mindset but realizes such and therefore avoids the bad.


Bibliography


The Tortoise, and The Geese and Other Fables of Bidpai by Maude Barrows Dutton,  with illustrations by E. Boyd Smith, 1908

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