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A Comparative Study of Metamorphosis in The Witches and A Dreamer Yoyo Lee, Woohak・Lee, Sookyung (Konkuk University) The theme of metamorphosis is recurrent not only in ancient forms of tales, such as myths, legends and folklores, but appears frequently in modern narratives. Tales of metamorphosis tap into the deepest recesses of human consciousness. Tales in which humans transform into animals and the animals vice versa has been much loved by children in the East and the West. In The Witches, Roald Dahl deals with a boy who is turned into a mouse. A Dreamer Yoyo is a story about a genetically engineered mice escaped from a lab. Both children’s fictions use a mouse hero whose characters resemble children’s. Dahl’s work is concerned with the physical transformation of the hero mouse. Yoyo’s body never changes but undergoes inner transformation. Both tales take different patterns of metamorphosis. The boy who turns into a mouse never becomes a human. However the genetically mutated Yoyo experiences an inner transformation. His mental ability is equivalent to human intelligence. Though their transformation is not due to their own choice, they have courage to accept the change and appear to enjoy their transformation. Love and friendship makes it possible. This is contrasted to the fate of the Beetle in Kafka’s Metamorphosis in which the tragic hero faces death in absurd circumstances.
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Metamorphosis, The Witches, A Dreamer Yoyo, Identity, Love
