How would you assess the character of Wilson
in The Lotus Eater in the light of the story of his life and his observations
on leisure?
In Greek mythology,
the Lotophagi ("lotus-eaters") were a race of people
on an island dominated by lotus plants. The lotus flowers were the primary
foodstuff of the island and it caused the people to sleep in peaceful apathy.
When Odysseus and his men landed on the island of the lotus-eaters, they began
doing as the natives did, eating the lotus flowers. This caused them to sleep
and stop caring about ever going home. Finally, Odysseus managed to rescue
himself from the apathy and set sail. symbolically lotus-eaters are the people
who live in oblivion forgetting their hardship of life. Now we will discuss how
William Somerset Maugham’s compelling short story ‘The Lotus Eater’
paints Thomas Wilson as Lotophagi ("lotus-eaters").
William Somerset Maugham’s
compelling short story ‘The Lotus Eater’ paints author's curious
meeting with Thomas Wilson, the pivotal character of the story. A retired
English bank manager, Wilson, who made the Italian island Capri his own abode,
had a good deal of rumour going about him. No believer of all the tittle-tattle
that went about him on the island and elsewhere, the author met him personally
to discover his real character.........
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