*Spoilers*
... was the only one who was able to see "Death" (as herself) when everyone else could not look at Death?
So Why Is It That Flora... (spoilers)
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Re: So Why Is It That Flora... (spoilers)
Because she and her Grandma can dree their ain wyrd?
Re: So Why Is It That Flora... (spoilers)
But others had seen Death, but Death appeared to each of them differently. Eva had already seen Death and incorporated it into her books as a character.
JAL explains Flora's vision of Death to us himself:
JAL explains Flora's vision of Death to us himself:
It took Flora a great effort to turn her head to look at Death. Not surprising, if you see yourself as Death.For me death is a wolf, Peter thought and Flora realized that something she had thought was only imaginative play was her own fundamental belief: she herself was Death.
Of all the ways it was possible to imagine Death as a human figure-the man with the scythe, the Phantom Charioteer, a leering skeleton or an old African woman-Flora had been drawn to the idea of Death as a twin sister. It stemmed from a couple of years ago when she had been standing in front of the mirror with a candle trying to summon the Dark Lady, and seen only herself. The idea had come to her then.
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Re: So Why Is It That Flora... (spoilers)
I thought THAT was interesting, everyone as their own image of death. I wonder what death looks like throught my eyes? Hmm:P
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Re: So Why Is It That Flora... (spoilers)
Flora seemed to just know what it all was about. (HtU and the final handling viewed as an unit).
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Re: So Why Is It That Flora... (spoilers)
And for the religious character, Elvy, Death appears as the Virgin Mary.Wolfchild wrote:But others had seen Death, but Death appeared to each of them differently. Eva had already seen Death and incorporated it into her books as a character.
JAL explains Flora's vision of Death to us himself:
It took Flora a great effort to turn her head to look at Death. Not surprising, if you see yourself as Death.For me death is a wolf, Peter thought and Flora realized that something she had thought was only imaginative play was her own fundamental belief: she herself was Death.
Of all the ways it was possible to imagine Death as a human figure-the man with the scythe, the Phantom Charioteer, a leering skeleton or an old African woman-Flora had been drawn to the idea of Death as a twin sister. It stemmed from a couple of years ago when she had been standing in front of the mirror with a candle trying to summon the Dark Lady, and seen only herself. The idea had come to her then.
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Re: So Why Is It That Flora... (spoilers)
I just finished this book!Hume wrote:And for the religious character, Elvy, Death appears as the Virgin Mary.Wolfchild wrote:But others had seen Death, but Death appeared to each of them differently. Eva had already seen Death and incorporated it into her books as a character.
JAL explains Flora's vision of Death to us himself:
It took Flora a great effort to turn her head to look at Death. Not surprising, if you see yourself as Death.For me death is a wolf, Peter thought and Flora realized that something she had thought was only imaginative play was her own fundamental belief: she herself was Death.
Of all the ways it was possible to imagine Death as a human figure-the man with the scythe, the Phantom Charioteer, a leering skeleton or an old African woman-Flora had been drawn to the idea of Death as a twin sister. It stemmed from a couple of years ago when she had been standing in front of the mirror with a candle trying to summon the Dark Lady, and seen only herself. The idea had come to her then.
What I liked about Death in this book was how everyone saw Death differently but no matter what the person saw Death always had hooks on their fingers. That was a pretty cool description of Death.
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