tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post6786630081056757856..comments2024-03-17T12:44:45.544-04:00Comments on <b>Dawn Potter</b>: Moby Expectations, chapter 12Dawn Potterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07500960150846895633noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-21744125794648163142010-09-28T21:31:12.425-04:002010-09-28T21:31:12.425-04:00I think it would be hard not to feel uneasy about ...I think it would be hard not to feel uneasy about the creepy Miss Havisham and her crumbling wedding cake and yellowing wedding clothes and her apparent determination to push poor Pip toward the chilly Estella. It was interesting to see that Pip himself is much more frightened by the "stranger" in the bar with the file who seems to simply want to repay him for his help than he is of Miss Havisham whose motives seem much more murky to me at this point. <br /><br />It also makes me very uneasy to witness the beginnings of Pip's self-doubt and class consciousness and the pain it causes him.<br /><br />I love the comic relief of Miss Havisham's fawning visitors, especially Camilla; she reminds me of some of Jane Austen's funnier characters.Al and Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14997239296609475310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-43795814878974570082010-09-28T19:20:37.102-04:002010-09-28T19:20:37.102-04:00perhaps there should be a readers'retreat..one...perhaps there should be a readers'retreat..one could bring all those "I can't put down books" or those"I always meant to read" books or just "what is intriguing me right now" books or even those "I found this on sale" books.Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-91575330902734008412010-09-27T08:43:58.917-04:002010-09-27T08:43:58.917-04:00Oddly, my reaction to the Jonah sermon in MD was s...Oddly, my reaction to the Jonah sermon in MD was similar to my reaction to most sermons: attention followed by distraction followed by attention followed by distraction, ad infinitum. I kept wondering if Melville had meant that to happen to me.Dawn Potterhttp://dlpotter.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-8339597934939284662010-09-26T18:29:49.154-04:002010-09-26T18:29:49.154-04:00Well, I just finished the GE assignment and I too ...Well, I just finished the GE assignment and I too am very uneasy about Miss Havisham’s behavior. It's as though she is manipulating little figures on a child's stage or playing with living dolls. In MD, I am worrying about all those young lads draining out of the surrounding states and who wish to go to sea.Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-9369927209406472702010-09-26T17:48:33.283-04:002010-09-26T17:48:33.283-04:00What is making me most uneasy? Miss Havisham’s cre...What is making me most uneasy? Miss Havisham’s creepy, bordering on voyeuristic, behavior towards Pip and Estella. In fact, I felt slightly nauseated by the scene in which she demands that Pip and Estella play cards in front of her because it seemed to have sexual undertones. In fact the whole set-up—of Havisham’s request to have Pip come over to “play” and then her manipulation of P & E—has undertones of a client and a prostitute. I’m curious: How did everyone else respond to this scene? <br /><br />I too liked that comment by the narrator about “to do anything coolly is to do it genteelly.” I also liked his comment, in Chapter10, about Queequeg’s face: “You cannot hide the soul.”<br /><br />I’ve been mulling over the meaning of the Jonah sermon (beyond the obvious “it has a whale in it” one). Strikes me that Father Mapple’s telling of the story parallels, to some extent, Ishmael’s telling of his story: there’s a LOT of lead up to the moment of action (i.e. Ahab’s encounter with MD and Jonah’s repentance). Again I’m curious to know what others make of it.Teresa C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-63783134555714126392010-09-26T17:19:22.770-04:002010-09-26T17:19:22.770-04:00Ruth:I had the same problem with a comment (the on...Ruth:I had the same problem with a comment (the one about book separation anxiety) tagged as from "Anon." Maybe Blogger likes to play tricks on us...Teresa C.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-49026232183895664272010-09-25T16:46:33.095-04:002010-09-25T16:46:33.095-04:00Okay..that last comment was me, Ruth...what is goi...Okay..that last comment was me, Ruth...what is going on here with blogger {-:Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-69875722211438592782010-09-25T16:45:32.396-04:002010-09-25T16:45:32.396-04:00Chapter 6 MD I love this comment about Queequeg r...Chapter 6 MD I love this comment about Queequeg reaching over the heads of the other boarders in order to harpoon a beefsteak. "But THAT was certainly very coolly done by him and every one knows that in most people's estimation, to do anything coolly is to do it genteelly." I think that very often holds true now too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-70815020326015992342010-09-22T13:32:54.177-04:002010-09-22T13:32:54.177-04:00Thought you might enjoy reading this:
http://www....Thought you might enjoy reading this:<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/sep/22/john-milton-filthy-poem-oxfordMaureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13290283101378474845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6540771071400993487.post-66651296287107014422010-09-22T05:23:06.615-04:002010-09-22T05:23:06.615-04:00Oh my, I also experience major book separation anx...Oh my, I also experience major book separation anxiety and thus, whenever we travel anywhere, (even for an overnight trip to a family get-togther at my brother's cabin in PA when I know I will have zip time to read) I must bring along a book for every possible reading urge, low to high. If we're travelling by car it's not much of a problem but if we're travelling by plane...well then I spend hours deciding what books must go with me. <br />Hope you enjoy the retreat and your workshops.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com