'The double in almost every case emerges as more powerful or more vital or real than the original self' Discuss the importance of the double in Borges. Make reference to at least two stories.

Introduction :

There are many doubles in Borges' stories, with the nature of them being the double as the rival such as in La Muerte y La Brujula, the Borges doubles in El Milagro Secreto, El Sur, and to some extent La Forma de la Espada, although the more important ones are in the two former, and finally the doubles of the Borges doubles in the same middle two stories mentioned before.