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Rasik , Chandra , Kiri and others , I just finished going thru' the mails on 'A Painful Case' ..........Much has been written about Duffy lacking the courage to accept love from someone (blame it on a sense of insecurity ) Kiri had written ' And there is little doubt that James Duffy brings a tragedy upon himself and Mrs Sinico by his spineless hiding behind his sense of what other people might think ' But what about Mrs. Sinico's role in it ........ What do you people think about throwing your life off (surely she must have realised she is fading away from life ) over somebody who doesn't even have the courage to judge emotions for what they are ........ Tho' as somebody had already said there are enough Duffys and Sinicos around to make this story very very realistic. Again a story which I could very easily relate to. And I found it a sad one coz it actually happens and the tragedy is the ease with which people throw emotions out of their life without thinkign twice. btw, Chandra , the notes on Chapelizod and Kramer was interesting . I keep thanking my stars I'm on this list . Otherwise looks like I'ld have missed more than what I'ld have got out of the stories :-) And I can hear Maureen thinking 'Wait until you get to Ulysses!' ;-))))) Vidya
Vidya: I think you are being a bit too harsh on Mrs. Sinico. A woman in her sitiuation is always much more vulnerable than a man. She wsa lonely, nad he took the lead in 'courting' her, arousing hopes, feelings nad expectation. He was such a son of a gun that the exercisae was dangerous for her, even fatal in the end! What in your experience makes you think she is throwing herself away? You cannot blame her for not being super-intelligent and prescient. A woman's conditioning and upbringing of her time and place left her with little choice. She was vulnerable because she was lonely. Anna Karenina did come to mind when I read this story. Mrs. Sinico was just emotionally needy and had very little guile, something one can hardly hold against her! When watching the video, I was quite intrigued by the way the daughter was shown to be quite aware of her mother's vulnerability, something the reading of the story did not bring out. The overall impression this story left was what the death of an emotional life did to Mr. Duffy and all those who crossed paths with him! Maureen I agree let us have a lot more talk about everything and anything to do with the Dubliners and Joyce. It is a damned good group, let us keep it going. I have not read Ivy Room for a long time, but will do so and come back. Maureen can you come in with a bit of the story of Parnell and his importance to Irish nationalism. I remember that scene in The Portrait about the 'dear dead King'! Rasik Shah |
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