NPPF Commentary Line 238, P. 168, Part II

[Vincent A. Maeder]

Hmmm.  Hazel as central metaphor?  V.
> From: bekah
> At 10:25 AM -0400 10/12/03, Jasper Fidget wrote:
> >  > -----Original Message-----
> >>  From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org]
On
> >>  Behalf Of Vince & Shelly Maeder
> >
> >>
> >>  2) Also referenced are the preservative properties (embalming of the
> >>  ant) of amber.  This is a particularly good metaphor for the
> >>  "preservation" Mr. Kinbote has attempted to perform on Mr. Shade's
> canto
> >>  as well as his attempt to preserve his real or imagined history as
> >  > Zemblan king.  But, which is the cicada, what is the amber, and who
> is
> >>  the ant?
> >
> >Also, who is the locust?  Kinbote as locust devouring Shade's crops....
> But
> >only an "ignorant settler" would think that!
> >
> >Jasper
>
>
> I kind of think, as I read those lines, that it is Hazel who is the
> ant, Shade the
> "locust" and Kinbote the non-living amber.
>
> Hazel is the basic food for all of it. Shade is using her to feed his
> poetry and Kinbote is ready to freeze both in his own very filtered
> light.
>
>
> <http://waynesword.palomar.edu/ww0702.htm> for photos of ants, etc. in
> amber.
>
> <http://www.cyberimport.com/catalog/pendant/pendant_amber.htm> has a
> cicada in amber.
>
>
> Bekah