Re: Seymour Ascending

Oooh, Cecilia, that's good...makes me want to think about it more...

Jim

Cecilia Baader wrote:

> --- Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
> > Nice work...it's almost poetic, what you've done, and would be without
> > even quoting the poetry. If the people went away "without looking
> back,"
> > though, wouldn't that have allowed Seymour to enter into life, since
> > it was Orpheus' turning toward Eurydice prematurely that caused
> > Eurydice to be dragged back
> > down into Hades. You need to account for this reversal.
>
> I guess I didn't explain myself adequately.
>
> Sybil runs away without looking back (returning to life), the lady in the
> elevator runs away without looking back, and Muriel isn't even looking.
> She's asleep.
>
> In the Greek myth, the journey is from death to life, foiled by a look.
> In "Bananafish," the journey is from life to death, aided by no look.
>
> There's nothing to keep him there. Muriel isn't singing death songs so
> that Hades will loose his grip upon her husband.
>
> Another thing: the feet. Hermes, the god who guides Orpheus and Eurydice
> from the underworld in the original myth, is closely associated with his
> winged feet.
>
> Do you see?
>
> Regards,
> Cecilia.
>
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Received on Thu Sep 26 23:10:16 2002