All 3 entries tagged Ma Kilman

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 |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Ma Kilman

Amanda Hopkins : 23 Jun 2007 12:09 |  Tags: Characters Ma Kilman |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

NO PAIN prophecy

NO PAIN/CAFÉ […] "Is a prophecy" (1.III.ii).

A pun on the French pain (bread), the name both suggests a place of relaxation and is an omen foretelling that the owner Ma Kilman will heal Philoctete's sore (6.XLIX.i) and help to ease Dennis Plunkett's grieving (7.LXI.i-iii).

Amanda Hopkins : 22 Jun 2007 11:18 |  Tags: Characters Dennis Plunkett Epic Tradition Ma Kilman No Pain Prohecy Philoctete Poetics Prophecy & Omens Wound |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem