ENGC70H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: T. S. Eliot, Call It Sleep, List Of Patricides
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The secrets deposited in the old world are adultery and patricide - these secrets come back and david has to understand what they are. People attempt to keep secrets in the old world. What happened back there has everything to do with consent and descent. The scene of the ellis ferry in the prologue changes in meaning - genya says the baby is 22 months, and albert is mad she didn"t lie for a cheaper ferry ticket. David"s declared birthday is july 12, 1905 (pp. 19) Albert left a year after he married genya in november. But if david is 22 months, david may have been born in may (if he was conceived in the summer) In short, david could possibly be the product of the organist genya knew. 166: genya is asked why she married albert - it may or may not be because she"s pregnant.
