Studying more than a hundred chapters for my finals in four days speedrun
These finals are over and the result is here and I topped so if there is anything to learn-
Canonically Elladan and Elrohir are identical twins. Do you think this is true for the other twins in their family line?
Yes, all twins in Luthien's line are identical
No, the others are fraternal
Elrond and Elros were identical, Eluréd and Elurín were not
Eluréd and Elurín were identical, Elros and Elrond were not
For many of us within our first reading of The Secret History, we cannot accept the reality of Henry's passing; This I believe is due to Richard being unable to do so himself—He'd been attracted to Francis sure, wanted to marry Charles even, but he'd been utterly infatuated by Henry.
The book hints at this bitter reality threw it's discussion of ghosts, Francis saying in the epilogue that: ''There are such things as ghosts. People everywhere have always known that. And we believe in them every bit as much as Homer did. Only now, we call them by different names. Memory. The unconscious.''
We reject the second half of the statement, after all psychology is such a clinical word, reality simply is too monstrous. Isn't it so much more sultry and theatrical to believe Henry could've lived on whether in the shadow behind your footsteps, or in some far off land where it's simply a matter of sorting out a passport? Or folded in dreams, where all you must do is turn a page to find him in the seam.