Difference between revisions of "Rocking grasses"
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* '''looking glass:''' a mirror ([[L/R split]]) → Lewis Carroll, ''Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There'' → [[Issy|Issy's]] vanity glass in which her split personality is reflected | * '''looking glass:''' a mirror ([[L/R split]]) → Lewis Carroll, ''Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There'' → [[Issy|Issy's]] vanity glass in which her split personality is reflected | ||
| − | * '''shamrock:''' a three-leafed Irish plant supposedly used by St Patrick to demonstrate the mystery of Holy Trinity to Irish converts | + | * '''shamrock:''' a three-leafed Irish plant supposedly used by St Patrick to demonstrate the mystery of Holy Trinity to Irish converts → in FW the shamrock's trefoil seems to represent Shem, Shaun and the combined Shem-Shaun character |
* '''rock grass''' → in FW the twin sons Shem and Shaun are identified with ''stem'' and ''stone'', hence '''rocking grasses''' contains an allusion to Shaun and Shem respectively → cf. [[stone pine]] → one of the most prominent aspects of the combined Shem-Shaun character is Tristan, i.e. ''tree-stone'' | * '''rock grass''' → in FW the twin sons Shem and Shaun are identified with ''stem'' and ''stone'', hence '''rocking grasses''' contains an allusion to Shaun and Shem respectively → cf. [[stone pine]] → one of the most prominent aspects of the combined Shem-Shaun character is Tristan, i.e. ''tree-stone'' | ||
Latest revision as of 09:28, 1 November 2010
- looking glass: a mirror (L/R split) → Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There → Issy's vanity glass in which her split personality is reflected
- shamrock: a three-leafed Irish plant supposedly used by St Patrick to demonstrate the mystery of Holy Trinity to Irish converts → in FW the shamrock's trefoil seems to represent Shem, Shaun and the combined Shem-Shaun character
- rock grass → in FW the twin sons Shem and Shaun are identified with stem and stone, hence rocking grasses contains an allusion to Shaun and Shem respectively → cf. stone pine → one of the most prominent aspects of the combined Shem-Shaun character is Tristan, i.e. tree-stone
