Sometimes, the meaning of a sentence seems to be completely opaque, e.g.:
"[Ariel] pondered what appeared to be a new thought. 'So ghosts do age and change in mortal wise?'" (p. 177)
A very new thought! - since it does not follow from anything that has just been said and is of questionable validity in any case. If ghosts exist, then why should they change and age like mortals? Although there is much scope for fresh fantasy fiction here, this new thought remains confined to a single sentence.
The narrative continues, describing Jennifer's encounters with Ariel and Caliban on Prospero's island which might be Calypso's or Circe's island. (See Metamorphoses And A Sandwich.) This thought also is not followed up.
Let us remember that, in his Technic History, Anderson quotes Shelley's reference to Odysseus/Ulysses leaving Calypso's island. Yet again, it seems as if everything connects.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I don't think I pay much mind to that thought of Ariel in my previous readings of A MIDSUMMER TEMPEST. But It's I hope to take note when I get to that part of the book (I've reached Chapter XVI).
Ad astra! Sean
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