[Vwoolf] A Hard Question

[Sarah M. Hall]

 'blue-black blade' sounds like a shark fin, especially in the context of water, which Rhoda is always identified with.


    On Friday, 21 August 2020, 09:28:22 BST, Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:  
 
 What does the second sentence mean? “I left Louis; I feared embraces. With fleeces, with vestments, I have tried to cover the blue-black blade.” (Rhoda in “The Waves”) To be honest, I just don’t know.  I can only guess at: “With classical culture (the Golden Fleece?) and religion (vestments) I have tried to protect myself from the cruelty of the world.” But someone else is completely confident about the meaning . . .         (Scroll down)         
Lenore C. Terr, “Who’s Afraid in Virginia Woolf: Clues to Early Sexual Abuse in Literature”, Psychoanalytic_Study_of_the_Child, XLV:533-46, 1990.  Stuart (Day 157) _______________________________________________
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