Pirate's Dream - Symbolism

Mark Wright AIA mwaia at yahoo.com
Wed Oct 26 11:55:18 CDT 2005


Howdy all,

someone wrote:
"On one hand, we know there are, to say the least, a number of
recurring 
motifs. On the other, there's a danger that we will get too caught up 
in this process, take it too far, see symbolic resonances that aren't 
'there' at all."

GR p. 4 l. 18  "... pulleys whose spokes are shaped like Ss"

Ss is obvious entry of Waffen SS into Pirate's dream
Ss inside of a pully is less obvious conflation of Waffen SS with the
OSS, Pirate's service.
The two are mapped onto one another, if not equated, in Pirate's
subconscious.

Mrk


		
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