What is the counterpart in Melville's The Paradise of Bachelors and the

TheDreamer1

New member
Jan 18, 2009
3
0
1
Tartarus of Maids? Help me! I don't understand the ways in which the world of the bachelors and that of the maids may be considered as being each the “counterpart” of the other, by focusing on both an “obvious” and a “latent” feature connecting the “Paradise” and the “Tartarus.” The second half of this dyptich provides an intriguing representation of female sexuality, isn't it?
 
Back
Top