The Monster Fades
Sunday, May 9th, 2010
The theme of the monster, that John pointed out in our last class, continues to resurface throughout Books 3 and 4 of Middlesex. What is interesting to note is that the point when Cal finally accepts him/herself as a unique being, not a monster, is when his/her body is displayed in a freak show of […]
The Monster Fades
Tags: Cal, identity, monster, shame
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More than Something Gone Wrong
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
More Than Something Gone Wrong: A Life Born of Fate Calliope Stephanides (of Middlesex) is much like Humbert (of Lolita) in his belief in fate. In both cases the narrators outline a series of events, down to small details, and highlight the fact that if any one of these things had happened differently their stories […]
More than Something Gone Wrong
Tags: Cal, fate, Hermaphrodites, Humbert
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