SAYING ANALYSIS

SUBJECT: LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

TEACHER: Mrs. JOSEFINA FIORI BIMBI

STUDENTS:
JAVIER ANDRADE
LUCAS BRITO
MAURICIO RODRIGUEZ
MARCOS TADDEY
MAXIMILIANO URQUIZA

3RD YEAR B

2017
 DEVELOPMENT

CIRCE
It belongs to the collection called Bestiary, by Julio Cortázar
Year of publication: 1951

2. Julio Cortázar was accidentally born in Brussels in 1914, his

Father was an official of the Argentine embassy in Belgium, he
he served in that diplomatic representation as an attaché
commercial.

Towards the end of World War I, the Cortázar family succeeded

to move to Switzerland thanks to the German nationality of the maternal grandmother
Julio, and from there, shortly thereafter to Barcelona, where they lived a
a year and a half. When they were four years old, they returned to Argentina and spent the rest of

his childhood in Banfield, in the south of Greater Buenos Aires, along with his
mother, an aunt, and Ofelia, her only sister.

He studied Literature and Education and worked as

teacher in several cities in the interior of Argentina. In 1951, he established his
permanent residence in Paris, from where he developed a literary work
unique within the Spanish language. Some of its stories
they are among the most perfect of the genre. His novel Hopscotch
It shook the cultural landscape of its time and marked a milestone.
unavoidable within contemporary narrative.

In 1983, when democracy returns to Argentina, Cortázar

made a final trip to his homeland, where he was warmly received by his
fans, who would stop him on the street and ask for autographs,
contrast with the indifference of national authorities.
 After visiting several friends, he returns to Paris. Little
later François Mitterrand grants him French nationality.

On February 12, 1984, he died in Paris due to a

leukemia.
Julio Cortázar is one of the most Argentine writers.
most important of all time.

The best works of Julio Cortázar were:

The Other Shore, 1945
Bestiary, 1951
End of the game, 1956
The Secret Weapons, 1959
Chronicles of Cronopios and Famas
All the fires the fire, 1966
Around the Day in Eighty Worlds, 1967
The Chaser and Other Stories, 1967
Last round, 1969
The Island at Noon and Other Stories, 1971
Octahedron, 1974
Someone who walks around, 1977
A certain Lucas, 1979
Territories, 1979
We love Glenda so much, 1980
After Hours, 1982
The Pursuer, 2009

3.

Vegetable bolo: food for cows

Ostensible: that is easily seen or perceived

Galena: mineral composed of sulfur and lead

Lacerated: to injure a person or animal

Abominable: that which is worthy of being abominated, detested, or disliked.

bored
 Repugnance: physical sensation of displeasure that produces the
color, taste or vision of something that can provoke vomiting

Meticulous alchemy: study of the chemical phenomena of a

slow, deliberate, and without errors

Taster: a person who is dedicated to sampling a food or drink

to inform about its quality and its properties

Hosco: what is unfriendly or unmanageable

Harassment: persistent bullying of a person

following him, bothering him or hitting him

Pierrot: a popular character from French theater that is characterized

for wearing a very large white suit with big buttons

leather-like covering: covering of leather or related to

hello

Marzipan: a sweet whose main ingredients are almonds,

sugar and egg, in different proportions depending on the recipe

Borborigmo: intestinal noise produced by the movement of the

gases and liquids through the intestine

4. a. Circe is well known for her involvement in the

development of the famous epic of Homer, the Odyssey, but it also has
a role in the legends of the Argonauts.

His father is Helios (the sun), and his mother is Perseis, in some
traditions, although in others her mother is Hecate. She is the sister of Aeetes -
King of Colchis and guardian of the Golden Fleece - and therefore is the aunt of
Medea. She is also the sister of Pasiphae, wife of Minos.

His home is on the island of Ea, which apparently

corresponds today to the peninsula called Cape Circeo. Circe is
considered a very powerful witch.

Odysseus arrives at this island of Circe, after being in the land of

the Lestrigonians. Half of his men are sent to do a
recognition of the island, under the command of Eurylocus. They all venture into the
island, and they arrive at a valley, where there is a shining palace.

Everyone enters, except Eurilochus who prefers to stay.

standing guard. Circe -who is the owner of the palace- receives warmly and
hospitably to the Greeks, and invites them to a banquet. Eurylocus is
witness that once her friends have tasted the delicacies, Circe
he touches them with a wand and turns them into various animals, such as
lions, pigs, and dogs, depending on the true nature of each
one.

Once this was done, Circe locks everyone in some stables.

full of similar animals. Upon seeing this, Euryloco runs away and goes to tell
to Odysseus all that he has seen.

Odysseus decides to go rescue his men, and while he was thinking

in a plan, Hermes (messenger of the gods) appears to him and gives him the
secret to overcoming the magical arts of Circe: you must add a plant
Molly's call delivered by Hermes, to any potion she gives him.
and that way it will be safe.

Thus, Odysseus presents himself before Circe, who does the same as she had.
made with his companions and offers him a drink. Odysseus accepts, but
first add the molly plant to the potion, so when Circe tries
turn it into an animal with your wand, nothing happens.

Odysseus draws his sword and makes Circe swear that she will not harm him.
damage and will free their men. Having done this, Odysseus stays with
Around a year of pleasures (although for others it's a month), but never
forget Penelope. Circe has Telegonus and Cassiopeia with Odysseus. According to
some versions also had Latino. Furthermore, Circe is the mother of
Faun who was born from his union with Zeus.

In the legend of the Argonauts, Circe makes her presence felt in the
return trip when Jason comes with Medea - who has helped him
to obtain the Golden Fleece and is totally in love with it.

The Argos arrives at the island of Eea, where the sorceress Circe greets them and
purifies Jason and Medea for the death of Apsyrtus, but does not give him
hospitality to Jason, and she only engages in lengthy conversations with her niece.

Also, Circe transformed Scylla into the monster that she was.
woman at her upper part, but from her lower part emerged some
horrible dogs that devoured everything that passed nearby, as according to
some versions fell in love with the sea god Glaucus who preferred love
of Scylla.

According to another version, Poseidon had fallen in love with Scylla and
Anfitrite, jealous, had asked Circe to make the transformation.
 B. Meaning of the heading:

And a kiss I got from her mouth, while I took the apple.
his hand. But while I bit it, my brain was spinning and my feet.
they stumbled; and I felt my crash falling through the branches
entangled under their feet, and I saw the dead white faces that gave me the
welcome in the well

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

The Well of Huerta

This epigraph relates to the story because it deals with a

a person who bit into an apple and implied that it was poisoned
he became dizzy and fell into a well. In the story, the two deceased lovers of
Delia died from a fall, whether from a port or on a step,
The reason for their death could be that they were poisoned and became dizzy.

d. Delia has a strange relationship with animals and the

preparation of products such as chocolates and orange liqueur. This
explain the title of the story and the relationship between the mythological Circe and
Delia. Moreover, the neighbors avoided her because they thought Delia was
a kind of witch or sorceress since two of her boyfriends had
dead.

One of the customs in the time where the story is set

it is the moment when it is said that all people
they were found in their house watching the Firpo Dempsey fight. EJ: "he came
Firpo-Dempsey fight and in every home there were tears and indignations.
brutal followed by a melancholic humiliation.” Another custom can
to be the use of means of transport, such as the train, to
to mobilize throughout the province.

f. Delia is a strange person in terms of her personality, as

example, demonstrates attitudes of psychopathy, such as, cynical laughter
when Mario was throwing pebbles at her window.

In addition, she has a childlike spirit in attitudes such as: She had fun
at the rural fair, I wanted edible pills and accepted toys
as a gift.

She likes spiders and cockroaches, but not butterflies.

Your peace is very fragile
He/She does not feel affection for animals like dogs, rabbits, and cats.
Delia was a very capricious person like a child.
 Mario was in love with Delia and she did not feel the same.
feeling towards him, and the narrator, as I understood, knew Delia
regarding his physical traits, and I observed how Mario went to look for
she to her house, as if the narrator were seeing her up close (like a cousin
or a friend)

Mario really liked Delia, but he felt out of her.

because she wasn't paying much attention to him. Then Delia accepted that they
they were dating, and Mario proposed marriage.
Mario was hopelessly in love, but at the same time he doubted
some attitudes of Delia and her fa
In the Mañara, I noticed gratitude and complicity every time she came.
to pick her up on Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning

J. Rolo, her first boyfriend who died after falling and hitting himself
against a step when leaving the hallway.
Héctor, her second boyfriend who committed suicide in Puerto Nuevo
diving into the water
And finally Mario, whose death is not specified.

K. Delia was the cause of the death of her boyfriends according to the
that we believe she killed them by poisoning them with the drinks and the
chocolates.

The Mañara avoided trying Delia's new chocolates,

they only preferred the classics, and when it came to trying new chocolates, they
they disappeared. They preferred to be alone, without Delia.

At the end of the story, Mario finds a cockroach in the

bonbon, Delia gets frustrated and cries out loud, and Mario strangles her until
his crying ends

5- The story begins by narrating that a woman named Delia

Mañara killed her two boyfriends (Rolo and Héctor) and that the neighbors saw her.
they avoided her because they thought she was a witch (in the 1920s)
I believed a lot in those things).

Delia was a very strange woman, she had the attitudes of a little girl, among
Other things. Mario was in love with her and then they started dating.
on weekends, until it became a habit.
The Mañara did not care much for Delia, and they were always suspicious of her.
his candies, they preferred the classics. Mario didn't distrust much, but
that distrust of the Mañara made a small one enter Mario
distrust towards Delia.
 Mario proposed to Delia, but she did not know what they were.
boyfriends so that day Delia decided they were boyfriends, but it would be prolonged
the wedding.

Delia used to play the piano when she felt sad and
he also made chocolates with liqueurs inside. In addition, he liked
the cockroaches and spiders, although not the other animals.

Delia made Mario try chocolates of different flavors.

this became a habit and Mario became the taster of his
candies.

This woman also had a skill to know when

their animals would die (For example, the fish they had in their house).

While Mario was dating Delia, he started receiving letters.

anonymous people warning him about something but he couldn't understand it
message in full.
Apparently, Delia was also being harassed with those anonymous messages.

One day, he wanted to give a chocolate with a cockroach inside to

Mario, but he noticed it by the taste, spat it out, and threw it at her face.
Delia, and when she wanted to cry out, Mario strangled her until she was left.
silent lying on the ground.
The Mañara could only watch as their daughter was strangled, and did not
they did nothing since they were waiting for Delia to be quiet once and for all
Always. In the end, the yes survives, but thanks to the help of the anonymous.
and to the example of the parents, who would first open the chocolate before
eat it

Delia's house was isolated from the others, like an island.

Circe. Furthermore, the Mañara were trying to tell Mario something, but there was
something that was preventing him, and it was not known what it was.

It can be compared to the myth of Circe because Odysseus when

entering the palace, the animals were trying to tell him something, like the Mañara.

6. The main theme of the story is Delia's killing instinct.

 characters

Delia Mañara: Fine, blonde, slow in her gestures, her clothing

she was clear and carefree. Sometimes she makes chocolates and liqueurs, she knows how to embroider and

play the piano. As a female figure, she acquires a contrary vision to the
traditional femininity that was submissive and passive.

Mario: Recently promoted employee, he is a gentleman, very polite and

attentive, persistent when they want to achieve something, intuitive, sweet but
The time aggressive.

The Mañara: They are rare, elusive, prefer not to express what
They have to say and do not warn Mario about his daughter's habits.
They mistrust Delia's chocolates, that's why they never try them. They are
very lonely.

Celestial Mother: With a servile face, she is a housewife, she is a mother.

and has several children, is gossipy and very decisive in his decisions. He
easily offended.

The one from the high house: with slow and pronounced gestures, very
gossip and good ears.

Héctor: ex-boyfriend of Delia, not many characteristics are mentioned.

about him, it is only known that he committed suicide in puerto nuevo, five hours later
after leaving Delia's house.

Rolo Medicis: he had a lot of money, he was a lonely boy and

calm and had a Chevrolet double phaeton, died of a syncope in the
the door of Delia's house, was very cautious and feared for her health
heart.

8. Temporal setting: it is located in the year 1923.

For example: 'the Firpo-Dempsey fight came, that is, this fight took place in the
year 1923

Space Framework: CORTÁZAR CHOSE TO BASE HIS NARRATIVE

IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF ALMAGRO, PALERMO AND ALSO OF
Once in Buenos Aires

EJ: "the Mañara family moved four blocks away and that makes
a lot in Almagro
 The Mañara family moved four blocks away a long time ago.
in Almagro

Social framework: upper-middle class that was gradually gaining

influence on the political life of our country

9. This story is realistic, as it refers us to a context.

totally possible and that happened in reality or could happen without
no problem as it is something totally plausible that is to say that it seems
true

10. CIRCE is narrated in the third person witness. Example: "I myself...
bad agreement of Delia but she was fine and blonde too slow in her
gestures (I was twelve years old, time and things are slow back then) and
she wore light dresses with flowing skirts. Mario believed for a time
that Delia's grace and her dresses supported the hatred of the people...
Then Mario approached Delia's window and threw her a ...
little stone. Sometimes she would go out, sometimes I would hear her laughing inside, a little
wickedly and without giving hope.

11. The story is structured as follows:

A TITLE, "CIRCE" TO REFLECT THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN
THE CHARACTER OF DELIA AND THE WITCH OF THE
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
THE EPIGRAPH
AN INTRODUCTION, WHERE THE
CHARACTERS, DELIA IS CHARACTERIZED AND IT IS NARRATED HOW
THE DEATHS OF ROLO AND HÉCTOR OCCURRED
THE DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORY
IN WHICH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DELIA AND
MARIO WHO STARTS TO SUSPECT SOME
ATTITUDES
AN OPEN FINAL... BECAUSE THE UNKNOWN
THE DIRECTION MARIO TAKES AFTER LEAVING THE HOUSE
FROM THE MAÑARA AS WELL AS THE DESTINY OF DELIA
WHOM MARIO SPARED THE LIFE

Another approach:

CIRCE IS NOT A TRADITIONAL DETECTIVE STORY BUT

WE FOUND SOME ELEMENTS.
 FOR EXAMPLE: THE CLUES, SUSPICIONS AND EVIDENCE OF THE
DEATHS

THE VICTIMS AND THE KILLER

THERE IS NO RESEARCHER OR DETECTIVE BUT THE STORY IT

SUGGEST THROUGH THE DIFFERENT VOICES THAT SUSPECT OF
DELIA. IT IS A MYSTERY POLICE STORY

ANOTHER APPROACH A LITTLE STRANGE STATES THAT JULIO

CORTÁZAR OBTAINS THE TITLE OF TRANSLATOR IN 1948
ENGLISH AND FRENCH AUDIENCE, AFTER STUDYING IN JUST 9
STUDIES THAT NORMALLY TAKE 3 YEARS.

THE EFFORT CAUSES NEUROTIC SYMPTOMS, ONE OF

THEM (THE SEARCH FOR ROACHES IN FOOD)
DISAPPEARS WITH THE WRITING OF HER STORY CIRCE. USES THE
CATARSIS, SEEKING TO FREE ONE OF ITS GREAT OBSESSIONS.
IT ALSO SHOWS ITS FEARS MADE REALITY