Dreams
Jaromir must have wronged the Dreamweaver at some point because he sure has some strange dreams. These dreams frame his experience with the Nazis and tell us a bit about what's going on in his neur...
The Library
Libraries are a favorite symbol for Borges, who spent some of his most creative years writing stories in the basement of a municipal library. Sound fun? Well it gets even better. Toward the end of...
Play-Within-a-Play
As we learned from Hamlet, any time you see a small story contained within a bigger story, it's a good idea to pay attention. That's because this smaller story, generally referred to as a "play-wit...
The Labyrinth
Borges hearts labyrinths. In fact, a labyrinth or maze tends to show up in pretty much all of his most famous short stories. (Check out "The Garden of Forking Paths" for a prime example.)Let's take...