VV(18) - Melanie

[David Morris]

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(394)	Melanie’s head ached, but she didn’t care.  Or did, but not where she 
was, here present as a face and a ballerina’s figure on the bouncing back of 
a taxi.
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Melanie is far removed from the present.  Her body in the role of Ballerina 
is present, but she is elsewhere.  Like Stencil’s, her personality has been 
dislocated.

What is the difference between Stencil’s and Melanie’s  personality 
dislocations?  Both are self-imposed, at least to some degree.  Stencil’s 
seems to be an active dislocation, in his employ for a purpose.  He  
projects himself into other characters for the purpose of discovery of his 
V.  Melanie’s seems more a defense mechanism, made to adapt her to the 
training of her father.  She has become a mirror for the desires of others.  
But are the methods really so different?

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(394)  To her left rose the dome of the Opera, and a tiny Apollo, with his 
golden lyre …
    “Papa!” she screamed.
[...]  Papa had a strong bald skull, and a brave mustache.
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The Opera’s dome with it’s Apollo evoke for Stephanie her father’s bald 
skull.  This links Apollo and Father to Death.

Stencil’s mission is also Father-related.  A-and who is Stencil’s Mother?

TBC,
David Morris

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