Re: Muriel
Smmrs@aol.com
Mon, 29 Nov 1999 18:02:09 -0500 (EST)
Hi! Throwing in my 2 cents regarding Muriel:
I really don't think Muriel loved Seymour. It is disheartening to think that
so many people think this. To love someone you must know them right? Muriel
just doesn't have the capacity or depth to know Seymour for who he really is.
Furthermore, I picture S. and Muriel at the dinner table together. Seymour is
talking about some passage of Rilke while Muriel (with an attention span of
about 2 secs) is looking over his shoulder at some chick in a long formal
dress, all while she is nodding at S. and preetending to pay attention.
That German book S. sent her? She didnt even know where it was!
The fisrt conversation she has with her mother is sooo revealing to me. Her
mom is even more vapid, likley looking at S. as a prize her princess has won.
Re: Buddy's interpretatiopn of Muriel. While I agree his view of Muriel was
distorted, the limosine ride gave us another perspective. What made Muriels
mother think S. was a homosexual? Maybe hecause he hadn't "seduced" her yet
(I believe Seymnour died a virgin). This may have made Muriel feel inadequate
and fascilitated psychobabale from her mom.
Anyway, I dont want to blame Muriel for everything, but I find her type the
antithesis form which everything S. stands for.