(urth) Shadow, Chapter X

[John Watkins]

>
> Ok. well I don't think he's exactly identical.
> In a sense, Jesus is not a perfect instance, or why would he be tempted or have the risk of failure. The LOGOS is eternal.
>

Well, Christian theologians think they have a pretty good answer to
this, but I'm not sure it's worth delving into now.  Suffice it to say
that Christians believe that the Logos was fully present, perfectly
present, in Christ, but that He also possessed a human nature.

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> Sure. I don't really disagree. We're talking about metaphors and symbols here.
> Though I would say that Frodo doesn't have a SUN out in space. Frodo doesn't fulfill an ancient prophesy of renewal.  As I see it, Christ is all about Death and Resurrection.  I sensed Sev was the Conciliator all along, but I didn't really get it until Urth. then I looked at Chapter 1 of Shadow. "Death and Resurrection"  Great stuff.

I think we agree.  Part of the fun of Wolfe is figuring out the
"secret identities" of his heroes, not just within the plot, but
within its symbolic meaning.  Symbolically, I think Severian is
clearly meant to present some of the aspects of Christ without
functioning as an equivalent to Christ.  I think this is true of Silk
as well, with different aspects.


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