(urth) sev/silk contrast

John Watkins john.watkins04 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 21 18:01:54 PST 2008


I think Silk's guilt was playing out in that scene. He'd already done
enough to Horn's family, he couldn't let Jahlee do more.

Doesn't make it ok, of course.



On 11/21/08, Marc Aramini <marcaramini at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I believe Craig mentioned we were meant to contrast Sev and Silk in a
> meaningful fashion and I agree, yet at times it is disturbing to do so.
> Silk is the better man by modern standards - sexually and behaviorally he is
> certainly more in tune with our modern definitions of morality.  However,
> Severian is able to spare his enemies in an astonishing way (Agia and others
> escape death) while Silk kicks Jahlee to death in wrath as one of his last
> recorded actions (certainly NOT Horn by then).  This is problematic to some
> degree but I would certainly maintain Silk is still the better man.
>
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