VLVL: What troubles Zoyd's sleep?
dedalus204 at comcast.net
dedalus204 at comcast.net
Mon Sep 22 08:53:44 CDT 2003
No, Terrance. Your original assertion was this:
> > If the vast majority of readers agree that Brock is a very bad guy,
> > isn't it likely that Pynchon created a bad guy in Brock Vond?
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I am saying that there is an inherent lack of logic in that statement, since
you are essentially saying: If the vast majority of readers agree that a
character is a very bad guy, isn't it likely that the author created a bad guy
in that character?
The use of Macbeth is only an example of using another literary character to
plug into your statement to see if it indeed is valid. I am trying to
determine if your statement is correct. I am not suggesting a comparison b/t
BV and Macbeth; I am merely trying to test the logic of your statement.
> >
> > I will. If at some point in the reading you discover inherent logic in your
> > original assertion, please let us know.
>
> What assertion?
>
> BV is not a tragic figure. He's not a protagonist in one of
> Shakespeare's plays or in any tragedy. I've no idea why one would
> compare BV and Macbeth in terms of tragedy.
> Are you saying that VL is a tragedy and BV is its tragic figure?
> You said that a tragic figure is not all bad and must have some good in
> him. That may be true depending on your definition of tragic figure. But
> maybe what you have in mind is allegory. Is BV an allegorical figure? Is
> he, as DL says, bad & shit?
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