VV(9) - More "Sfacim"
David Morris
fqmorris at hotmail.com
Mon Jan 29 21:51:47 CST 2001
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(102) As is usual after certain frustrations, we react with benevolence.
[...] Th twarted Stencil, casting about for somebody to take it all out on,
glommed onto her despair hopefully - a taking which progressed eventually to
a father-daughter agreement casual enough to be cancelled at any time [...]
It struck him with a fine irony that the nicest sentimental trinket for her
would be an introduction to Schoenmaker
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Benevolent taking-it-all-out-on is what Stencil gives Esther fueled by his
own frustration. When one is frustrated with one's self often one looks for
someone else to abuse. It might be by projection of one's own sins onto the
other. It might be to have a vehicle to act as if in control through
"benevolence." Does Stencil fuck Esher? Yes, at least figuratively.
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