I
suspected
she was!
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? Chapter 4 -t I- 0
The Mirror and the Rainbow
The H(JUs, by ,Iu Churchyard, ? pOrtr'lli. of old Chapc]iZO<! by Joseph Sheridan 1. <: Fanu, i. fuqueotly utilized in FW. A fntgmem of . ong appeao amongst its pages, sung by ,he tenor IXv. r<:ux 10 the hemin. Lilia"
And me smiled upon the . . ream, LiU one who smiles at folly,
A d",amer on a dr<:am.
The mirT<>! ' i? ? vehicle of ab. traction. Impermeable to . ounds, omeU. and physical contag;,. , the specular unive= rerna;", inert, clinical, indiff. . ,. "". h' corporeal ;nocttl. ihiHry allies i1 to the
drC:lmworld; ilS countl. . , facct! , each n divisible", its material compl=tnt, fa. cinate in=. . ntly by the pttcision with which . hey comTadic? . "lb. motivalion> di<,ingui. hing C and A can be rationalized verbally, hut the remale . pHI i. too ahsolute for thi? . A. -I S"'re$ into rhe riv<:' she can see nothing bullate. . . . l invet1ion.
Nt) ohsecver can okrive hOI polaritie. from . . speCific influence, for they are simultaneously all difforenc. . and no differe,",? .
-I calls her reflCCtion 'nur# Madge. my Unkingclas. girl. . . . I conhor Sosy becau", . he'uosiety for rru: and she saY$ souy while I say I<Issy and $he saY" will you have oome mor< scorns while
[ oay won't y<>n take a few more schools and. ru: "'Ito. ahout ithel dear while I simply nevcr talk abon. arne! darling' (4$9. 04-'4). Mr Atherton observes:
T ooppose rne identity ofoppnsites which causes a fusion ofoppns<d cha. . . . cters Joyce ",to a tendency on the part of allhischarae! 'n10splitupinlotwO part. _The chiefoQurce for thi. has al,. . ,ady been pointed out by Adaline Gla. heen.
II is Th. n;"o. u. rirm oj a l'ers<mai;,y by Morton Prince, a . . . urologist who had as patient in SolIton, Mass. , a young
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The Sigla of F;tm<gans Wak.
wornanwhrunhccalls 'Mill Christine L Beo. ud. . . . np', and who was one of the most famous ell''' of multiple per- sonality. . . . It is also noces. ary to remornber that these cases of what is now called dis~i. ated personality would not long ago have been described a. demonic possession. . . . But it is not usual in the Wa~. for women to be pos? . . . . . ed by devil,. This i, a thing which happen. 10 men while women oimply split up inlO pam. '
One migh' fault this distinc'ion on the ba$i, of 1. 8, whert I: and A:are givenfemak attribu'. " bu, then 1. 8 i. pre. :ed<:d by the atypi<:al conncctinn ofa male entity, 1:, with a mir. . . ". . Justi"" tell,
Merci"" 'you have become of twosome twiminds . . . Look! Do you sec your di. al in the rocl<inggla. . ? . . . Sh! Shem, you arc. Sh!
You are mad! ' (188. 14-t93. zS). We might infer that during the mbsequent speech, Mercius gaz<< into the mirror and hi, voice becom<< ,ha,of the washe"""man in ~onsequrntt. But can the 'blackwa,chW<)lnen, all in whit. e' (379. 33) be related to -t and her reflection? ~86. '3- ' ~ ttnainly equate. 'laundresses' and 'maggie,'. The aC\X>un' on ~08. 19-509_03 of 'the subligate ,iste. . . , p, and Q, . . . the prettiest pickl. . of unmatchemahle mu,e ant. . I ever bopecped at . ,. whi. . in black arpisu' containt 'he query 'Where do you ad ,hat wash;' Lateral inv. . sion i. con'picuou. here, in paired drawe. ,. (Italian, mmatitk) and in the letters p and q which were exchanged in tbe linguistic di""rgencc of ! he ancient Welsb and I",h. ' PerhaPl' we c. n now understand tbe evolulion of tbe sig! wn J. inlO. WO separa,e ';gla -t and 1-.
Originally, in Mareh '9'4, Joyce defined J. OJ 'b"jde', wbut. e tbe name I. ,y. In 1927 he labelled 1. 6. . 0'~ : here Iso/d. 1a &lIe COmments on h. . ri"ol hold. Hlancbemain. 'that ber blanches
rnoinget may ro! leprou. olf her whatever winking maggi. I' ll bet by your cu' you go fteunin. g af. er wi. h all the gla. . on ber and t1u: jump. in her 1I0000ewhere! Haha!
I suspected she was! Sink her! May they fire ber for a barren ewe! ' (143. ,H-3).
We con a. sociate 'maggi,' with the reflection 'n,,"e Madge', tho recipienl of the letter from Boston, beginning 'Ikar Mam
. , . H o w a r e y o u , M a W ? ' ( . , 1 -0 9 - ; ( 0 ) . I n I l l . l - t h a n d . A ? l e t t e r , t. elling him '0 btar it with him and to think of the sender, not lu:r sister Maggy (4S7. :;4-4SS. IO). Similarly in 'ewe' w<= deleet a
commtrttfrom haae', wife Languid upon hi, other wife Ewe. Hut
' Il~" 4<'-4'. 'Gl. , ""}-).
? and VI. BI8. 27':
T p",ioes I- tn -l
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The Mirror and the Rainhow SI
the puni. hmen! . l ofburning and leprosy wtt<: those proposed for Isolde III Relic h<T$<:lf, when her adultery with Tristan was dis- covered. Doe. I-signify holdeBlanchemain,? VI. B. 18. 270giv<:$:
I am make linle <>fVI. B. ]]. 120: 'I-. tamp! : foot' or VI. B. ]8. 1l4: 'tendu. for 1-', but VI. B. t7 . 49 records 'Isabeau 1-', which opp"an both at 1? . 17 ('iubclubd') and in the 527. 03-P8. 11 speech of -l to heT rdloction'
Sotorry you 10<1 him,poor lamb! . . . Winning in a way, only my arms . ~ whiteT, dear. Blanchernain, idler. Fair_ hair, frail one. . . . It's meemly u, two, mcm. e idoll. Of course it was downright v. rry wicl<red of him, reely meet- in& me di. gui,w . . . Mnri i. hebeaul M. . reinebelle! . . . So memo nearest, languished hiSler, be free to me! (I'm fading! )
$acher-Masoch, in V. ". . . . in FUTS, listS lsabeau amongSt a number (If wmn<:n 'whom the great bool< <>f hi,tory has placed undcrthe . ign of beauty, IU1\ and violence' and who 'all W1lI"1: fur garments and . rmine robe? . " Th. meeting ",f. rred to occurred wh<:n Tristan returned to Cornwall in disguise, but 'languished' links the sister 10 Languid i"'lead of Ewe. X reillte the pa. . . . g. to Through th. l. Mking Glan :
Hear we here her firsl po"'proem of soora unto m(lra? Alici<lus, twinstrcam. ,wi"",,,,in. ,,, through 1Uurin& gIus or 01", in iumoolandf . . . Is . he having an ambidual act herself in appantion with hersdf as Consucllls to Sonia.
may? (528. ,6-2S)
This also contain, the . ong about Jumbo and A~ce quoted in My BMlh,,', Kuptr. ' The ubiquitous o:quation of wal(r with f<minini,y is e:v. ploited in 'twinstream. twin. . t. . . . incs? . 1be mother, . 6. , i. derived by the conHuenc. of daughter tributori. ",
-l and I-. Joy'"' fro:qucnIly 0 0 = 1 $ -l with the origins of the river ? Gillnnd? ? ,,<<,. . . . . . . . _M""""'. . A. 1. ",,,,,. _",,<l1K<_t. do,&dr,Tw
'"'V. . . . ,;"F. . . ,? ? . . . ,. . . . MacN";1(~ F. b<xondF. be<'91'l. ,~. 'II. staruoJo. . . Joy<< (I. . oodon. hbo, ond F. b<, 19l~l. 3'.
? ? IJ in '11>fc Mookseand l lleGripeo', wbe:r(: Nuvoktu if the do\Id that cood<'RK$ inID . t~ardrop and falls inID th~ Uffty. One of th~mythoLocieolpt~tf (or this may be:the flollofMtane inID ,h~ ri"", Adonis as I meteor from Mount Lebanon. ?
A, 486. 1)-4" apprehmdl bolck ~idetieonyIS '. fine lady . . . fIoati. . a 0. . astiU! lream0(,. ilglaSS',andat46cu, -4saylshe 'will d",am 'e[(p,,,h posts dulceu on this i. inglaas "",am', be. . . ,. th vlrious trees. Thi' can be related to the 'Tryst under the Tree', detailed . t S71. 04-IS. Tristan ! Ioo,ed carved pieccl of bark down I Slr(:am 'unnina IhroUjh holde', chamber to inform her lhal he
WIll W1Iitinr; It a tree beside the Itnam. . ".
? Chapter 4 -t I- 0
The Mirror and the Rainbow
The H(JUs, by ,Iu Churchyard, ? pOrtr'lli. of old Chapc]iZO<! by Joseph Sheridan 1. <: Fanu, i. fuqueotly utilized in FW. A fntgmem of . ong appeao amongst its pages, sung by ,he tenor IXv. r<:ux 10 the hemin. Lilia"
And me smiled upon the . . ream, LiU one who smiles at folly,
A d",amer on a dr<:am.
The mirT<>! ' i? ? vehicle of ab. traction. Impermeable to . ounds, omeU. and physical contag;,. , the specular unive= rerna;", inert, clinical, indiff. . ,. "". h' corporeal ;nocttl. ihiHry allies i1 to the
drC:lmworld; ilS countl. . , facct! , each n divisible", its material compl=tnt, fa. cinate in=. . ntly by the pttcision with which . hey comTadic? . "lb. motivalion> di<,ingui. hing C and A can be rationalized verbally, hut the remale . pHI i. too ahsolute for thi? . A. -I S"'re$ into rhe riv<:' she can see nothing bullate. . . . l invet1ion.
Nt) ohsecver can okrive hOI polaritie. from . . speCific influence, for they are simultaneously all difforenc. . and no differe,",? .
-I calls her reflCCtion 'nur# Madge. my Unkingclas. girl. . . . I conhor Sosy becau", . he'uosiety for rru: and she saY$ souy while I say I<Issy and $he saY" will you have oome mor< scorns while
[ oay won't y<>n take a few more schools and. ru: "'Ito. ahout ithel dear while I simply nevcr talk abon. arne! darling' (4$9. 04-'4). Mr Atherton observes:
T ooppose rne identity ofoppnsites which causes a fusion ofoppns<d cha. . . . cters Joyce ",to a tendency on the part of allhischarae! 'n10splitupinlotwO part. _The chiefoQurce for thi. has al,. . ,ady been pointed out by Adaline Gla. heen.
II is Th. n;"o. u. rirm oj a l'ers<mai;,y by Morton Prince, a . . . urologist who had as patient in SolIton, Mass. , a young
? 30
The Sigla of F;tm<gans Wak.
wornanwhrunhccalls 'Mill Christine L Beo. ud. . . . np', and who was one of the most famous ell''' of multiple per- sonality. . . . It is also noces. ary to remornber that these cases of what is now called dis~i. ated personality would not long ago have been described a. demonic possession. . . . But it is not usual in the Wa~. for women to be pos? . . . . . ed by devil,. This i, a thing which happen. 10 men while women oimply split up inlO pam. '
One migh' fault this distinc'ion on the ba$i, of 1. 8, whert I: and A:are givenfemak attribu'. " bu, then 1. 8 i. pre. :ed<:d by the atypi<:al conncctinn ofa male entity, 1:, with a mir. . . ". . Justi"" tell,
Merci"" 'you have become of twosome twiminds . . . Look! Do you sec your di. al in the rocl<inggla. . ? . . . Sh! Shem, you arc. Sh!
You are mad! ' (188. 14-t93. zS). We might infer that during the mbsequent speech, Mercius gaz<< into the mirror and hi, voice becom<< ,ha,of the washe"""man in ~onsequrntt. But can the 'blackwa,chW<)lnen, all in whit. e' (379. 33) be related to -t and her reflection? ~86. '3- ' ~ ttnainly equate. 'laundresses' and 'maggie,'. The aC\X>un' on ~08. 19-509_03 of 'the subligate ,iste. . . , p, and Q, . . . the prettiest pickl. . of unmatchemahle mu,e ant. . I ever bopecped at . ,. whi. . in black arpisu' containt 'he query 'Where do you ad ,hat wash;' Lateral inv. . sion i. con'picuou. here, in paired drawe. ,. (Italian, mmatitk) and in the letters p and q which were exchanged in tbe linguistic di""rgencc of ! he ancient Welsb and I",h. ' PerhaPl' we c. n now understand tbe evolulion of tbe sig! wn J. inlO. WO separa,e ';gla -t and 1-.
Originally, in Mareh '9'4, Joyce defined J. OJ 'b"jde', wbut. e tbe name I. ,y. In 1927 he labelled 1. 6. . 0'~ : here Iso/d. 1a &lIe COmments on h. . ri"ol hold. Hlancbemain. 'that ber blanches
rnoinget may ro! leprou. olf her whatever winking maggi. I' ll bet by your cu' you go fteunin. g af. er wi. h all the gla. . on ber and t1u: jump. in her 1I0000ewhere! Haha!
I suspected she was! Sink her! May they fire ber for a barren ewe! ' (143. ,H-3).
We con a. sociate 'maggi,' with the reflection 'n,,"e Madge', tho recipienl of the letter from Boston, beginning 'Ikar Mam
. , . H o w a r e y o u , M a W ? ' ( . , 1 -0 9 - ; ( 0 ) . I n I l l . l - t h a n d . A ? l e t t e r , t. elling him '0 btar it with him and to think of the sender, not lu:r sister Maggy (4S7. :;4-4SS. IO). Similarly in 'ewe' w<= deleet a
commtrttfrom haae', wife Languid upon hi, other wife Ewe. Hut
' Il~" 4<'-4'. 'Gl. , ""}-).
? and VI. BI8. 27':
T p",ioes I- tn -l
-l ,end, T to l-
The Mirror and the Rainhow SI
the puni. hmen! . l ofburning and leprosy wtt<: those proposed for Isolde III Relic h<T$<:lf, when her adultery with Tristan was dis- covered. Doe. I-signify holdeBlanchemain,? VI. B. 18. 270giv<:$:
I am make linle <>fVI. B. ]]. 120: 'I-. tamp! : foot' or VI. B. ]8. 1l4: 'tendu. for 1-', but VI. B. t7 . 49 records 'Isabeau 1-', which opp"an both at 1? . 17 ('iubclubd') and in the 527. 03-P8. 11 speech of -l to heT rdloction'
Sotorry you 10<1 him,poor lamb! . . . Winning in a way, only my arms . ~ whiteT, dear. Blanchernain, idler. Fair_ hair, frail one. . . . It's meemly u, two, mcm. e idoll. Of course it was downright v. rry wicl<red of him, reely meet- in& me di. gui,w . . . Mnri i. hebeaul M. . reinebelle! . . . So memo nearest, languished hiSler, be free to me! (I'm fading! )
$acher-Masoch, in V. ". . . . in FUTS, listS lsabeau amongSt a number (If wmn<:n 'whom the great bool< <>f hi,tory has placed undcrthe . ign of beauty, IU1\ and violence' and who 'all W1lI"1: fur garments and . rmine robe? . " Th. meeting ",f. rred to occurred wh<:n Tristan returned to Cornwall in disguise, but 'languished' links the sister 10 Languid i"'lead of Ewe. X reillte the pa. . . . g. to Through th. l. Mking Glan :
Hear we here her firsl po"'proem of soora unto m(lra? Alici<lus, twinstrcam. ,wi"",,,,in. ,,, through 1Uurin& gIus or 01", in iumoolandf . . . Is . he having an ambidual act herself in appantion with hersdf as Consucllls to Sonia.
may? (528. ,6-2S)
This also contain, the . ong about Jumbo and A~ce quoted in My BMlh,,', Kuptr. ' The ubiquitous o:quation of wal(r with f<minini,y is e:v. ploited in 'twinstream. twin. . t. . . . incs? . 1be mother, . 6. , i. derived by the conHuenc. of daughter tributori. ",
-l and I-. Joy'"' fro:qucnIly 0 0 = 1 $ -l with the origins of the river ? Gillnnd? ? ,,<<,. . . . . . . . _M""""'. . A. 1. ",,,,,. _",,<l1K<_t. do,&dr,Tw
'"'V. . . . ,;"F. . . ,? ? . . . ,. . . . MacN";1(~ F. b<xondF. be<'91'l. ,~. 'II. staruoJo. . . Joy<< (I. . oodon. hbo, ond F. b<, 19l~l. 3'.
? ? IJ in '11>fc Mookseand l lleGripeo', wbe:r(: Nuvoktu if the do\Id that cood<'RK$ inID . t~ardrop and falls inID th~ Uffty. One of th~mythoLocieolpt~tf (or this may be:the flollofMtane inID ,h~ ri"", Adonis as I meteor from Mount Lebanon. ?
A, 486. 1)-4" apprehmdl bolck ~idetieonyIS '. fine lady . . . fIoati. . a 0. . astiU! lream0(,. ilglaSS',andat46cu, -4saylshe 'will d",am 'e[(p,,,h posts dulceu on this i. inglaas "",am', be. . . ,. th vlrious trees. Thi' can be related to the 'Tryst under the Tree', detailed . t S71. 04-IS. Tristan ! Ioo,ed carved pieccl of bark down I Slr(:am 'unnina IhroUjh holde', chamber to inform her lhal he
WIll W1Iitinr; It a tree beside the Itnam. . ".
