To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [percy-l] lancelot
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:19:38 -0600
>Thanks, Rhonda. Yeah, I told him (my student) there is a Hamlet theme
>("old mole") in one of his books, either LG or SC. The Hamlet motif is
>interesting, in the father/son thing. Obviously, Hamlet's father didn't
>commit suicide, but Percy's did. That "old mole" reference is
>interesting on several levels.
Is there a statement here about the suicidal costs of vengeance? A debate
Lancelot's having with himself that maybe, "I must be cruel only to be
kind?"