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June 08, 2008
two parties
two parties, one Greek and the other Trojan,/both fighting for Helen (2.XX.ii).
One of the frequent allusions to the Trojan War, with 'Helen' here both evoking Helen of Troy and referring to St Lucia.
Amanda Hopkins
08 Jun 2008 12:31
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July 09, 2007
laurel
laurel (7.LXIII.iii).
In classical times, a wreath of laurel was traditionally awarded as a token of victory or preeminence (Bib:COD). Here, in the phrase 'no other laurel but the laurier-cannelle's', Walcott suggests the victory of the native/natural elements of St Lucia. Laurel is also known as bay (Bib:OED) and sacred to Apollo (Bib:9), cf. various references to laurel trees and garlands in the Aeneid, e.g.: a laurel stands near the altar in Troy (3:667-9); the winners in the funeral games of Anchises are crowned with laurel (5:319, 694-5); Latinus' people, the Laurentines, are named for the laurel tree in the palace, which is dedicated to Apollo, and it is here that the first omen of Aeneas' arrival takes place (7:78-93).
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jul 2007 16:10
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shut face of thunder
He has seen the shut face of thunder, […] from this life and the other (7.LX.iii).
Like Aeneas, Achille has emerged wiser from the Underworld, and after painful reconciliation with his dead ancestors, he has returned home. Cf.'scarves of the sybil' (7.60.i).
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jul 2007 15:42
| Tags: Achille Aeneas Aeneid Characters Epic Tradition Identity & Naming Journey To The Underworld Shut Face Of Thunder
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vanishing race
the phantom of a vanishing race/of heroes (7.LX.ii).
Once again, Achille is comparable to Aeneas, presiding over the obliteration of the Trojans.
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jul 2007 15:36
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memory sent a spear
the memory sent//a spear into his chest (7.LX.i).
Walcott inverts the Virgilian principle of looking to the future to understand one's present: as a postmodernist and a realist, Walcott recognises that this is impossible. Instead, Achille must reconcile his past to understand and appreciate his present.
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jul 2007 14:09
| Tags: Achille Aeneid Characters Epic Tradition Identity & Naming Memory Remembering & Commemoration Memory Sent A Spear Prophecy & Omens
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not Rome but home
like another Aeneas,/founding not Rome but home (7.LX.i).
Compare Aeneas' flight from Troy and journey in Aeneid 1. Aeneas flees with a symbol of the past (Anchises), the future (Ascanius) and his culture (figurines of the gods). Likewise, Achille attempts to flee with his own culture (his fishing boat), and a strong symbol of his past (Philoctete, and his freshly healed wound).
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jul 2007 14:07
| Tags: Achille Aeneas Aeneid Characters Dispossession Epic Tradition Fishing Identity & Naming Not Rome But Home Philoctete Poetics
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the Sybil
Sybil (3.XXXI.iii &c.).
A term for a female prophet. The Cumean Sybil, prophetess of Apollo, escorts Aeneas to the Underworld in Virgil’s Aeneid. Elsewhere, Walcott frequently uses the alternative spelling, sibyl. He several times uses the term in reference to Ma Kilman.
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jul 2007 13:58
| Tags: Aeneid Characters Epic Tradition Journey To The Underworld Ma Kilman Religion The Sybil
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people interfering with nature
"somewhere people interfering/with the course of nature" (7.LX.i).
A reference to Dido's attempted sabotage of Aeneas' voyage in Aeneid 4. Walcott recasts Dido's all-consuming fury and calls on the gods to create a storm as a capitalist desire to crush Achille and the 'little man', seen later in Achille's anger at the trawlers.
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jul 2007 13:48
| Tags: Aeneid Colonialism Epic Tradition Fishing People Interfering With Nature Tourism
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Chapter 7
[Whole chapter] (7.LVII).
The episode with the ferryman echoes Virgil's description of the journey across the river Styx (Aeneid 6).
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jul 2007 13:15
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July 06, 2007
boys who played war
boys who played war (3.XVII.iii).
Similar to Aeneid V 706-777, although more disturbing in this context.
Amanda Hopkins
06 Jul 2007 14:05
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