18 Filmmaker Lousine Shamamian suggests that the fade out leaving the sound of snapping twigs is meant to imply that the protagonist grew weary of impersonating herself.
19 "all women secretly desire to be sacrifices; they long to be the 'chosen one.'"
20 The introduction of the third person occurred in the year 19__. The director placed him stage left, right by the oldest of willow trees where Boully was sitting, contemplating the river. However, in order to create the right level of surprise on Boully's part, the director kept this character hidden until opening night; the result was the most convincing of performances in that Boully was totally out of character. Del Vecchio and other critics were taken by how convincingly she portrayed her love; furthermore, she dismantled the "fourth wall" of the stage and asked if the third person would kindly walk down the theatre aisle, holding her hand.
21 Emmanuel Levinas: "the whole weight of being can be resolved into a play of inwardness and stand on the brink of illusion, so rigorous is the adequation [sic]. The apparition of being is possibly but appearance. The shadow is taken for a prey; the prey is let loose for the shadow" (The Trace of the Other).
22 "As in the dark month, the month of shadows, so without him there is no light. O ________, this was the meaning of your dream."
23 "You had better go inside; it's getting dark."
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