What’s Your Perspective?
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SummaryMost experienced readers do not have a hard time discerning authorial intent within an individual work or analyzing themes within that piece. Herman Melville’s Benito Cereno however, provides a challenge. Melville intricately weaves this story so that no single interpretation fits, and it forces us to interpret further. As Robert Cochran asserts: “Benito Cereno is a story designed to be misunderstood, and the reader himself is a primary object of the attack” (Cochran 219). Melville utilizes elements of color and metaphor to set the mood, yet allows the theme to be discerned by the reader. The most confusing, interesting, and important element in this piece is the perspective of the narrator. The narration of the story, more than the events is what dictates our interpretation of it. We spend most of the story in the mind and path of Captain Delano, and because of this limitation the reader is forced to maker her own conclusions about the events on the ship and who truly is the hero.
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