1 - Every trip is a quest
a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go there, challenges and trials, the real reason is never the stated reason - self knowledge
2 - Nice to eat with you: acts of communion
whenever people eat or drink, it's communion, not religious, an act of sharing and peace
3 - Nice to eat you: acts of vampires
literal vampires: nasty old men, attractive but evil, takes the innocence of young girlssexual implications: a way to address sex indirectlysymbolic vampirism: selfishness, exploitation, refusal to respect others
4 - If it's a square, it's a sonnet
yay sonnets!
5 - Now, where have I seen her before?
Intertexuality: there is only one story
6 - When in doubt, it's from Shakespeare...
Shakespeare is frequently echoed
7 - ...Or the Bible
Biblical names and stories often draw connections with literary charactersGarden of EdenDavid and GoliathJonah
8 - Hanseldee and Greteldum
fantasy stories are used a lot
9 - It's Greek to me
The Iliad and the Odyssey and Greek mythology is referenced all the time
10 - It's more than just rain or snow
Rain: fertility and life, Noah and the flood, drowning is one of our greatest fears (rain is clean, restorative, destructive as well, rainbow, fog)Snow: negativity (cold, stark, inhospitable, death), positivity (clean, pure, playful), great unifier (snow falls on all - living or dead)
11 - More than it's gonna hurt you: concerning violence
Character caused: shootings, stabbings, drownings, poisoningsdeath and suffering for which the characters are not responsible
12 - Is that a symbol?
Yes - there is never one definite meaning for something
13 - It's all political
most stories have a political element
14 - Yes, she's a Christ figure, too
Characteristics of a Christ-like figure: wounds in hands, feet, portrayed with arms outstretched, crown of thorns, in agony, self-sacrificing, good with children, good with loaves, fish, water, wine, humble modes of transportation, tempted by the devil, etc.
15 - Flights of fancy
Daedalus and Icarus - flew too close to the sunFlying was a temptation of ChristSymbolically: freedom, escape, spiritualityIrony trumps everything
16 - It's all about sex...
female symbols: holy grail, chalice, bowls, rolling landscape, tunnels, empty vesselsmale symbols: blade, tall buildingscensored sex, can function on multiple levels, more intense than literal descriptions
