Midterm Exam The Appointment in Samarra is a short story that has a different outlook from the one that is popular in western cultures In the story Death is a woman who lets a servant know hes going to die while the servant is at a marketplace buying items Death is personalized as a vulnerable woman who can make a mistake regarding ones fate This Death character differs from the established idea of the current society in which Death is portrayed as a man or as the frightening Grim Reaper Death
In the fable Appointment in Samarra by W Somerset Maugham Death the narrator tells a sardonic story about a merchants servant who tries to avoid his appointment to meet Death by fleeing to Samarra Instead of fleeing from his grim meeting with Death he runs straight to Samarra where Death scheduled their meeting A fable is a brief story that sets forth some pointed statement of truth Fable Parable and Tale 4 This fable presents the statement of truth that Deaths appointments are inevitable To re
The Appointment in Samarra by W Somerset Maugham is a fable narrated by death This is what caught my attention to this clever fable Most writers would not introduce death as a narrator from the beginning of the story like Maugham did and thats why this fable stands out to me from all others This fable has a good and wise story value in my opinion Its very creative and has enough details throughout this story to really understand what is going on with the characters This fable is very easy to re
Death a means to an end and the final moments of ones life as it ceases to exist may come at anytime for it is unexpected and usually unwelcoming Some people may accept it as it comes and some may reject it or even feel terrified from the thought of it but no matter how death is viewed it is ultimately inevitable In the works Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died by Emily Dickinson and The Appointment in Samarra by W Somerset Maugham death is viewed in three differ