AtDTdA: (9) 248 Wednesday's kick-ass question

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I'm gonna get to it tommorow, but right now I'm thinking scrying mirrors. There's a scrying calcite globe later on in the book, an object that will have massive effects on the outcome of certain plotlines. But I've gotta sleep on it first. Anything having to do with reflections, indices of refraction or other means of altering light should be under consideration right here.
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From: Jasper <jasper.fidget at gmail.com>
> Jasper gasped:
>  >Today's kick-ass essay question
>  >This chapter has a lot about mirrors and opposites, "landmarks" and 
> "anti-landmarks", the >dualities of Venice itself, etc. Describe how 
> this theme relates to the book as a whole, >and/or to Pynchon's body of 
> work. How many doubles or mirrors come to mind? Contrast >the use of 
> mirrors with the use of glass. How do the two combine or oppose one 
> another?
> 
> Ahem!  Mirrors?  Opposites?  Doubles?  Nothing?
> 
> Anyone for Lolita then?  All kinds of cool mirrors and doubles in 
> there....  Tennis, chess, butterfly wings, HH....  Yeah, Lolita kicks ass.