Twilight of the Gods: the Cataclysmic Doomsday in Norse Mythology
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If "The Hidden Book" is a "Victorian poem" that can be considered real, then "Twilight of the Gods" is a gorgeous and elegant opera. Byatt, winner of the Booker Prize and known as the "Queen of Talents," used her brilliant pen to write a story that is both true and fantasy, a strange work that integrates Nordic mythology into modern narrative. Like Alice who fell into the hole of a magical tree, the little girl who lived in the British countryside during World War II entered the mysterious world of Nordic gods through a strange book "Asgard and the Gods" and experienced many bizarre stories. Bayat uses poetic and elegant language to describe the World Tree, the mysterious sea, the arrogance and greed of gods, the free growth of monsters and their destiny to become demons. Even the extremely tragic snake-killing battle has a gorgeous flavor. The seemingly distant Nordic mythology hints at the fate of modern humans. The war not only brought about the end of the gods, but also connected the world that people knew during World War II, leaving behind the ruins of modern war. But as Wagner's opera "Twilight of the Gods" shows, all things perish together and will eventually be reborn. The war has left modern civilization in ruins, but the world will surely be reborn. Britain, the little one, is hope.
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