![]() The gatekeeper also claims that there is an extended hierarchy of gatekeepers above him, one that apparently is so intense that the gatekeeper in the story “can’t even endure even one glimpse of the third ” because he is so powerful. This establishes that both the man and the gatekeeper are below the law, with the gatekeeper simultaneously being situated above the man, although the reasons are unbeknownst to the reader as to why. ![]() This hierarchy is further explored when “a man from the country” enters the story, requesting access to the law by way of the gatekeeper. From the first line of “Before the Law,” “Before the law sits a gatekeeper,” it is clear to the reader that there is a hierarchical structure in place between this gatekeeper and the intangible yet undefined “law” of the story. ![]() The interpretation skills behind structuralism involve considering not only the structures that appear in the story, but the structures in the reader’s and possibly the author’s world that influence these structures within the work of literature. A general interpretation of “Before the Law” can be characterized by structuralism. ![]()
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