GRGR(9) - Slothrop Meets Grigori

[David Morris]

>From: "Terrance F. Flaherty"
[snip]
>but if we take katje as
>Venus (as she seems to have venus like characteristics in
>this section) and when we turn back to Pointy and his
>labyrinth and his Minotaur equation -- Venus/Ariadne--you
>suggest that Slothrop is a Bacchus figure. OK, I know the
>literature.  What can we add to this? How can we
>substantiate this role? How is Slothrop as Bacchus related
>to his turning English/Regression  Momma/Ancestry ??
>

I see Slothrop as Bacchus and as the Hero, Theseus primarily, maybe w/ 
aspects of Heracles too:
1. Both Theseus and Bacchus were the "husbands" of Venus/Ariadne.
2. Bacchus wandered his Zone in madness and drunkenness. And don't forget 
that purple toga.
3. Like Pointy and his Minotaur, Slothrop identifies w/ his monster.
4. By going for the female "bait" Slothrop unknowingly enters Their maze.

How this ties in w/ Slothrop's "English/Regression Momma/Ancestry" is beyond 
me.  It seems to be Their design for him, but I don't know why.  I don't 
have GR "figured out."  I'm grasping for every connection I can see along 
the way.  God knows what kind of picture it'll add up to in the end.

David Morris

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