BL ST 127 Lecture 2: School Notes
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Song of solomon ch 3-4: macon"s story about ruth, gaslighting his son (e. g. macon punched. Ruth, so what? to milkman: milkman seeking his own story, ruth"s story may be perverse, not as innocent as she seems, not blameless, macon"s lack of control, milkman"s short left food (p. 113) - excuse, crutch from becoming. Macon, will never be like his father bc of limp but still emulating him in other ways, defects/tainted, deformity in his mind, he"s missing something (short on character) oedipus - kill his dad, marry his mom, short foot. Song of solomon ch 5-7: ruth"s story, 7 days, smith and naming, macon wanted to kill ruth"s dad and milkman bc they took ruth"s. Milkman sings to pilate (sugarman: foreboding and foretelling, what does milkman love, sugarman, solomon, shalimar, sugargirl, yoruba (people in west africa, language), medina (city), muhammad (prophet)
