NPPF: Notes Line 286
Scott Badger
lupine at ncia.net
Tue Oct 14 09:32:42 CDT 2003
Mary:
> Why does there never seem to be any doubt that the "ego" of the phrase is
> Death? Even if there is no doubt that it was carved on a tombstone, that
> seems to me to be no reason to conclude definitely that Death is
> the speaker.
As I mentioned in the notes, there is an alternate version, erroneously
quoted in a _Pale Fire_ Cliff-like notes, attributed to Dementia (chained to
her gray column), which is suggestive of both Kinbote and Jack Grey. I also
found this same version at
http://www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~laa16/prevexams/Makeup_Final_1997.htm .
Does anyone know the source?
Scott Badger
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