Chapter 3 pg 32-33

[David Morris]

Finally!  An observation that is actually about the heart of the novel!
Bravo!

On Wed, May 29, 2024 at 4:41 AM J K Van Nort via Pynchon-l <
pynchon-l at waste.org> wrote:

> Michael posed:
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> “Things then did not delay in turning curious”
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> A) twice again, the word “revelation”
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> B) the narrator floats the idea that The Tristero is a system of
> thought which may supplant the idea of Rapunzel’s Tower for Oedipa.
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> In the Tarot deck, the Tower is card XVI, preceded by the Devil. It is
> associated with sudden, disruptive revelation and catastrophe as well as
> higher learning/knowledge. The card has the tower often topped with a
> crown, which symbolizes “materialistic thought being bought cheap”
> according to the wikipedia entry.
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> I also think of the tower of Babel and the efforts to reach the
> heavens/find God/achieve higher knowledge being destroyed by confusion and
> loss of communication.
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> If Tristero replaces the Tower, then it is a form of communication that
> may be lost or meaningless (Fallopians letter) despite attempting to
> achieve higher knowledge.
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> The Tower card also represents escape and liberation (Rapunzel).
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> Does this also hint at her relationship with Metzger, bought cheap?
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> In solidarity,
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> James
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