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The Grief of The Pasha
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1. What did you think of the poem?
The Grief of The Pasha
and Orientalism
2. Let's break into groups...
1. To which qualifacation of Orientalism would Edward Said attribute this poem to?
2. What makes the Orient so intriguing?
3. How do we see from this poem that Hugo was an "Orientalist?"
JUST KIDDING!
1. How does Hugo portray the "Other"?
2. Did the characters not see the dead tiger in front of the Pasha? What does this represent?
3. What makes the Orient a similar type of "Other" to our other "Others"? What makes it different?
1. What is the connection between the types of people asking the questions and the questions they are asking?
1. How would a French reader relate to the suggested issues that could be bothering the Pasha? Are these daily issues in France?
2. What do these different relationships tell us about the Orient?
2. Is Hugo portraying Universalism, Relativism, or Ethnocentrism? How and Why?