On Feb 28, 2009, at 2:47 PM, joseph Aisenberg wrote:
| That's a very interesting idea. What makes you think so? Is it to do with Kinbote's possible real life identity as Botkin? In like a real plot analogy sort of way, or do you have specific passages which strike you as being allusions. By the way I love the three faces of Eve as well. |
Dear Joseph,
There are word-clues throughout Pale Fire that link it with those works, which you'll notice have the theme of multiple personality in common.
- the word "kinbote" is a link to Jekyll and Hyde;
- the words "parahelion" and "cresset" are links to another work I didn't mention, Hogg's Confessions of a Sinner;
- Sybil Vane is the actress who is loved and destroyed by Dorian Gray, and
- the repeated word "ditch" is a link to the book "The Three Faces of Eve." This word may also appear in the movie - - I'll be listening with interest tomorrow!
Carolyn