Wednesday, November 29, 2006
My conjecture
The fates remind me of the imagery of the process of harpooning a whale and tiring the whale out until they can kill it.
Maybe that's the allegory.
The hempen rope is like the thread of life. The whale is bound to it and so is the boat and crew. The mate has to determine how much rope to let out and at what rate. Remember when Stubb had to hold onto the rope as it went through his hands--and burned them (he dropped the cloth thing)?
Finally, they cut short the life of the whale.
...though this is all just a hypothesis.
Maybe that's the allegory.
The hempen rope is like the thread of life. The whale is bound to it and so is the boat and crew. The mate has to determine how much rope to let out and at what rate. Remember when Stubb had to hold onto the rope as it went through his hands--and burned them (he dropped the cloth thing)?
Finally, they cut short the life of the whale.
...though this is all just a hypothesis.
# posted by Brian Tang @ 3:12 PM 
