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| − | * '''Edinburgh''' → continuing the Scottish theme of this paragraph initiated by the references to Tobias Smollett's novels | + | * '''Edinburgh''' → continuing the Scottish theme of this paragraph initiated by the references to Tobias Smollett's novels → Edinburgh is the setting for James Hogg's novel ''Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner'' (1824), in which the protagonist is possessed by a devil called Gilmartin; in FW all characters have a tendency to split into multiple personalities; the female characters are usually treated as psychological cases of dissociated personalities, whereas the male characters usually suffer from demonic possession (which is probably just a primitive way of interpreting personality dissociation) → although set in London, Robert Louis Stevenson's ''The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' was written by a native of Edinburgh; it has been compared to Hogg's novel |
| − | * '''Eden''' | + | * '''Eden:''' the Garden of Eden was also possessed by a demon |
| − | * '''Eden Quay and | + | * '''Eden Quay and Burgh Quay:''' two quays on the Liffey in Dublin which face each other, thus symbolizing the city's split personalities (the Northside and the Southside) |
Latest revision as of 05:13, 28 September 2010
- Edinburgh → continuing the Scottish theme of this paragraph initiated by the references to Tobias Smollett's novels → Edinburgh is the setting for James Hogg's novel Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824), in which the protagonist is possessed by a devil called Gilmartin; in FW all characters have a tendency to split into multiple personalities; the female characters are usually treated as psychological cases of dissociated personalities, whereas the male characters usually suffer from demonic possession (which is probably just a primitive way of interpreting personality dissociation) → although set in London, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was written by a native of Edinburgh; it has been compared to Hogg's novel
- Eden: the Garden of Eden was also possessed by a demon
- Eden Quay and Burgh Quay: two quays on the Liffey in Dublin which face each other, thus symbolizing the city's split personalities (the Northside and the Southside)
