Sandman
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The Sandman: Assignment #1
"Does E.T.A. Hoffmann represent the dark forces in his story as inside Nathaniel or as outside of him?"
"The Sandman" written by E.T.A. Hoffmann is the riveting saga of Nathaniel, a young man who is haunted by memories from his childhood. The story is centered on an entity known as the Sandman a fictional childhood figure whom Nathaniel holds responsible for his father's untimely death. In a letter to his good friend Lothair, Nathaniel recalls how on evenings when a visitor was heard approaching his mother would rush the children off to bed claiming that the Sandman was coming...