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Pierre Menard
The Wizard is the main character of “The Circular Ruins.” He seeks to imagine a man into existence. Because of this goal, and because he communicates with the Fire god, the wizard is deeply connected to the spiritual world and uses his inner world to manifest the outer world. At the end of the story, the wizard realizes that he is just a figment in another person’s dream.
The Wizard Quotes in Ficciones
The Ficciones quotes below are all either spoken by The Wizard or refer to The Wizard. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
4. The Circular Ruins
Quotes
He was seeking a soul worthy of participating in the universe.
After nine or ten nights he understood with a certain bitterness that he could expect nothing from those who accepted his doctrine passively, but that he could expect something from those who occasionally dared to oppose him.
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Explanation and Analysis:
With relief, with humiliation, with terror, he understood that he also was an illusion, that someone else was dreaming him.
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The Wizard Quotes in Ficciones
The Ficciones quotes below are all either spoken by The Wizard or refer to The Wizard. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
4. The Circular Ruins
Quotes
He was seeking a soul worthy of participating in the universe.
After nine or ten nights he understood with a certain bitterness that he could expect nothing from those who accepted his doctrine passively, but that he could expect something from those who occasionally dared to oppose him.
Related Characters:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
With relief, with humiliation, with terror, he understood that he also was an illusion, that someone else was dreaming him.
