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June 05, 2008
totem
totem (2.XXXI.ii).
A natural object assumed as the emblem for a family, clan &c., especially within Indian tribes. Here its discovery by Achille mirrors his journey of discovery into his own past and the reader’s accumulating knowledge of the island’s history. Totems were sometimes painted on a grave, but here the 'disturbed grave' is probably metaphorical. The fact that 'A thousand archaeologists started screaming/as Achille wrenched out the totem…' illustrates not only the tensions between the island’s inhabitants and the impositions of Westernised tourism, but also links in with the theme of being uprooted.
Amanda Hopkins
05 Jun 2008 13:28
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dead language
dead language (3.XXXI.ii).
The leaves of the pomme-Arac tree talk a 'dead language', a reminder that the history of the island has effectively been buried under centuries of slavery and oppression.
Amanda Hopkins
05 Jun 2008 08:24
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pomme–Arac
pomme-Arac (3.XXXI.ii).
Explained below (3.XXXI.ii) by Seven Seas: 'Aruac mean the race//that burning there like the leaves and pomme is the word/in patois for "apple". This used to be their place.'
Amanda Hopkins
05 Jun 2008 08:18
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Aruacs muskets Conquistador
like Aruacs/falling to the muskets of the Conquistador (3.XXXI.i).
A recurrent image throughout the text, a reminder of the original inhabitants of the island (Aruac Indians in the third century AD) and the themes of colonialism. Conquistador is Spanish for ‘conqueror’ (cf. Conquistadores, 1.VII.i), but is used specifically in reference to the sixteenth-century Spanish soldiers who defeated the Indians of Mexico, central America and Peru.
Amanda Hopkins
05 Jun 2008 07:59
| Tags: Aruac Aruacs Muskets Conquistador Colonialism Context Dispossession Peoples South America St Lucia
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July 09, 2007
endangered species
Seven Seas would talk/bewilderingly that man was an endangered//species now […] Nature (7.LX.i).
We see here how Walcott portrays the ecological problems of modern times, where the balance in Nature is constantly threatened by men. Note once again Walcott's ecological focus.
Amanda Hopkins
09 Jul 2007 13:55
| Tags: Animals Aruac Context Egret Endangered Species Peoples
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June 28, 2007
Aruac
Aruac (2.XVII.i).
Aruac Indians lived on St Lucia before being dispossessed when the French bought the island in 1651 and, with their African slaves, began earnest colonization in 1746 (Bib:1, Bib:3). Aruac Indians also lived by the Lake of Maracaybo in Venezuela and, according to a collection of Spanish manuscripts , written between 1573 and 1575, these Aruac Indians were barbarous, living in huts and villages on the lake, and though not industrious, were very maritime, energetic fishermen (Bib:2).
Amanda Hopkins
28 Jun 2007 13:35
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