Issue 2.4: Travels With Murray, Part 1

Monkey Island's Role in Deconstructing Pirate Fiction (A Literary Analysis)

Table of Contents (Vol. 2, Issue 4: Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022)

1. Summary

2. Feature: “Travels With Murray, Part 1” (~28 minute read)

3. Food for Talk: Discussion Prompts

4. Further Reading

5. Game & Word-of-Mouth

6. Footnotes

Summary: Today, we’ll kick off a two-part analysis of Monkey Island’s place within pirate fiction’s narrative canon, as well as link the series’ characters and some of The Curse of Monkey Island’s plot points to broader literary devices, tropes, and archetypes.

Previous Issues:

• Volume 1: Issue 1 ● Issue 2 ● Issue 3 ● Issue 4

• Volume 2: Issue 1 ● Issue 2 ● Issue 3 ● Bonus 1