NPPF: Who's watching Gradus?
David Morris
fqmorris at yahoo.com
Thu Jul 17 08:33:34 CDT 2003
--- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
>
> "Canto Two, your favorite, and that shocking tour de force, Canto Three, are
identical in length (334 lines) and cover twenty-seven cards each."
>
> Who is "you?" Canto Two is mainly about Shade's speculation on the
possibility of survival after death with particular emphasis on the survival of
Hazel.
No. Canto Two is about Hazel's suicide. It would be strange for that to be
someone's favorite.
> He can't likely be addressing the dead Shade, because in the immediately
following sentence "his death" is referred to. Hazel is a possibility. Why
might Kinbote want speak or pretend to speak to Hazel?
I'm stumped.
David Morris
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