In A Grove | Study Guide

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

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Overview

Author

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Year Published

1922

Type

Short Story

Genre

Mystery

Perspective and Narrator

"In a Grove" is told by seven unreliable first-person narrators. These narrators address either a police commissioner or a religious authority.

Tense

"In a Grove" is told in the past tense.

About the Title

The title "In a Grove" refers to the story's primary location, a grove of bamboo plants and cedar trees where the mysterious death of Kanazawa no Takehiko takes place.

Diagrams

Masago Young wife; victim Kanazawa no Takehiko Samurai; victim Buddhist Priest Testifier; honorable Policeman Government official; upright Tajomaru Thief; rapist High Police Commissioner Government official; upright Old Woman Testifier; distraught Woodcutter Testifier; honest Spouses Kidnapper Arrestingofficer Kidnapper Questioner Questioner Questioner Questioner Mother Mother-in-law
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Summary

This study guide for Ryūnosuke Akutagawa's In A Grove offers summary and analysis on themes, symbols, and other literary devices found in the text. Explore Course Hero's library of literature materials, including documents and Q&A pairs.

Characters

Masago Kanazawa no Takehiko Tajomaru

Symbols

The Rope The Mirrors The Bamboo Grove

Themes

Societal Pressure An Unknowable Truth Psychological Analysis
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