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Tale Of Genji

Lady Murasaki introduces us to the Heian Period in Japan with her classic romantic novel entitled, The Tale of Genji. It is within these pages that she begins to unravel story after story of seductive love affairs always involving the hero and Prince, Genji. Genji is found in the second chapter reminiscing about “lost love” with his closest of friends. On this insightful rainy night, they are discussing the “ideal” woman and whether or not such a woman truly exists. To no Churo seems confident that there is no woman in whom one can say, “here is perfection (pg. 17),” but Genji, always the optimistic dreamer, wonders aloud if, “behind some gateway…should be locked away some creature of unimagined beauty (pg. 19).” It is during this discussion that Lady Murasaki hints to what the “ideal” woman really is and the qualities inherent in such a beauty. The following paragraphs will serve to shed light on the “ideal woman” within this novel and point us towards the......


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Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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