MDMD(5)----Rebekah

[Jeremy Osner]

Christine Karatnytsky wrote:
> 
> It seems to me that the PIW is biblical, maybe out of the Revelation?  Is
> that the Whore of Babylon story?  In any event, the phrase
> seems clearly representative of the cravings of the flesh, which is
> compatible with Eric’s reading of Rebekah as a former prostitute.
> 

See, I thought that the Painted Italian Whore was a reference to
superstition -- i.e. by believing that Rebekah's ghost is haunting him,
Mason is betraying the rationality which is the central thread of his
life. Perhaps I'm not reading enough into the passage.

Jeremy