Coy

[Bekah]

This really is getting very interesting!   Thanks Joseph,  Laura,  
Robin, John,  others.   Wow.

Bekah


On Oct 19, 2009, at 3:23 PM, John Bailey wrote:

> I like this reading of Coy. Not a stretch to tie him to Orpheus, or at
> least look for a few greek mythical allusions in the novel. That
> doesn't saying they're the key to reading it in any way, however.
>
> What else have we got? The Furies and Jason have just come up.
> Narcissus is mentioned (in Black Narcissus at least). Amethyst
> (created by Dionysus).
>
> Oh and on classical refs, just remembered that Fritz's bookkeeper is
> called Milton. Does that make the introduction of the internet a kind
> of Paradise Lost?
>
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:57 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> There might be some value to the Orpheus-Persephone myth in IV, but  
>> so
>> far it's not been convincingly developed.  Coy as Orpheus?  More like
>> Persephone, the one who disappeared underground.  And the pursuer  
>> here
>> is Doc, not much in common w/ Orpheus.  And anyway Doc's Persephone
>> would be Shasta, and she isn't found.  She returns of her own free
>> will.
>>
>> And speaking of Shasta, what a dud of a development was her part in
>> this story.  She just essentially gets dumped, and returns to her old
>> haunt.  Penny was more interesting, and that's not saying much.
>>
>> But, despite the above, I did enjoy IV...
>>
>> David Morris.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 12:50 PM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>> Great thought-provoking post, Joseph (as usual).  Some provoked  
>>> thoughts:  Coy-Orpheus playing Brazilian music ties in with the  
>>> Brazilian movie Black Orpheus.  Might Shasta be Persephone, also  
>>> returning from the Underworld,though probably not on a permanent  
>>> basis where Doc's concerned?  And Doc, then, is Odysseus, also  
>>> returning from his quest into the Underworld?  A case could also  
>>> be made for Coy as Odysseus, in that he descends into the  
>>> Underworld on his own while his wife waits for him at home.  Like  
>>> Odysseus, Coy returns home.  Doc is lost in fog at the end, much  
>>> as Slothrop disintegrates.  Not all journeys have a conventionally  
>>> happy ending, but unhappy or indeterminate endings are a lot more  
>>> interesting.
>>
>>
>

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