CoL49 - New World

[Mark Kohut]

No, that wasn't it but I like this post using it..

In Solidarity,

Mark

On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 6:05 AM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> Some thoughts:
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> Mark, could this be the Hesse quote?
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> ''Who would be born must first destroy a world. '' from Demian
> Oedipa desires to be born anew, whether she realizes it or not. She needs
> to destroy the patriarchal society that keeps her in the "tower is
> everything" world.
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> The more these men become less "desperate" to keep her nearby, she becomes
> more capable of establishing herself in a new world. Back to the Rapunzel
> story, the prince doesn't rescue her, he uses her hair to climb up and
> develop their relationship, keeping her there, getting her pregnant with
> twins, until the witch discovers the love affair and banishes Rapunzel into
> the 'wilderness'. There she creates a "new world" and raises the twins
> until the blinded prince finds his way to her. Only then do they return to
> his kingdom, and her tears actually give him sight again!
>
> In solidarity,
> James
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